The six-hour information fair is being held in an effort to foster increased dialogue between residents of the barrier island and members of the hospital administration and staff in an informal, one-on-one setting.

1. For Immediate Release March 6, 2015
Contact: Damian Becker, Manager of Media Relations
(516) 377-5370
South Nassau to Host Information Day
In Long Beach About Expanding Services on the Barrier Island
Oceanside, NY — South Nassau Communities Hospital encourages the residents of Long Beach and
surrounding South Shore communities to attend an Information Day to be held Wednesday, March 18, from
noon - 6PM at the Long Beach Hotel to learn about plans to provide additional healthcare services on the
barrier island.
The six-hour information fair is being held in an effort to foster increased dialogue between residents of
the barrier island and members of the hospital administration and staff in an informal, one-on-one setting.The
March 18th
Information Day is the first of a series of information sessions the hospital is planning to hold
throughout its service area during the year. .
“The exchange of information and the questions and comments received during the session will be
welcomed and valued by our project team and will be used as a guide for us as we embark on the next phase of
South Nassau’s mission to provide a high-quality healthcare delivery system that meets the needs of the
communities now and in the many years to follow,” said Richard J. Murphy, president and CEO of South
Nassau Communities Hospital.
The information session will include details about the planned upgrade of the South Nassau Urgent Care
Center to an off-campus, hospital-based emergency services department. In addition, South Nassau experts will
be available throughout the session to answer residents’ questions about the severe structural and mechanical
damage to the former Long Beach Medical Center, building demolition process, and preliminary plans for
former Long Beach Medical Center site and the delivery of medical and healthcare services.
Residents are encouraged to come at any time between noon and 6 pm to view the exhibit and speak
personally to South Nassau represerentatives.
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2. South Nassau is the only hospital on Long Island to win four major awards for quality in recent months,
including for nursing excellence, patient safety and top rankings from U.S. News & World Report & from the
Joint Commission.
Designated a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), South Nassau®
Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 455 beds, more than 900 physicians and
3,000 employees. Located in Oceanside, NY, the hospital is an acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that
provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac, oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, maternity, mental
health and emergency services. In addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, South Nassau provides
emergency and elective angioplasty, and is the only hospital on Long Island with the Novalis Tx™ and Gamma
Knife® radiosurgery technologies. South Nassau is a designated Stroke Center by the New York State
Department of Health and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the American College of Surgeons and
is an accredited center of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Association and Quality Improvement Program.
In addition, the hospital has been awarded the Joint Commission’s gold seal of approval as a Top Performer on
Key Quality Measures, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care; and disease-specific
care for hip and joint replacement, wound care and end-stage renal disease. For more information, visit
www.southnassau.org.
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