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Follow on Google News | $20,000 Gift in Support of the Expansion of South Nassau’s EDThe Syde Hurdus Foundation has an extensive history of loyal support of South Nassau, donating annually for more than a decade to fund various hospital expansion and renovation projects.
By: South Nassau Communities Hospital The project will increase the Emergency Department’s square footage from 16,000 to 30,000 square feet, increasing its overall size by 87%, giving it the necessary room to accommodate in excess of 80,000 patient visits each year as well as establishing dedicated areas for behavioral health and pediatric emergencies. The Emergency Department currently sees some 65,000 patients a year, but is designed to handle just 35,000 annually. “We are grateful benefactors of the generosity and honorable mission of the Syde Hurdus Foundation,” The Syde Hurdus Foundation has an extensive history of loyal support of South Nassau, donating annually for more than a decade to fund various hospital expansion and renovation projects. Previous gifts to South Nassau include funding for the purchase of cancer treatment planning technologies and equipment for South Nassau’s Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center; to support construction of the hospital’s North Addition and Center for Cardiovascular Health; for the purchase of bedside ultrasound equipment; and for the renovation and modernization of a medical/surgical patient care unit. This latest donation from the foundation will be used to fund the first phase of the ED expansion, which encompasses a much-needed renovation of the patient and family waiting area, the construction of dedicated units for pediatric and psychiatric emergencies, and the reconfiguration of floor space for the addition of ten new treatment bays. The total cost of this phase is approximately $15.5 million, which is expected to be completed in 2016. South Nassau’s Emergency Services Department is one of the busiest in Nassau County, realizing an 8.5 percent increase in patient visits in 2013. Presently housing 35 treatment bays, South Nassau’s ED is a New York State Department of Health regional stroke center and the only Level II Trauma Center located in southern Nassau County. The department is staffed by a team of dedicated professionals including board-certified, residency-trained emergency medicine physicians as well as nurses, nurse practitioners, certified emergency nurses and physicians' assistants who have been specially-trained in emergency medical care. It is one of few hospitals in New York with such staffing. To reduce waiting times, the department has a special unit dedicated to treat minor emergencies from abrasions to fractures, flu and fevers. Additionally, the ED deploys advanced imaging technology with state-of-the- A recipient of the Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, and a recipient of the American Stroke Association’ If a patient arrives at the department in need of emergency treatment for heart attack, South Nassau is the only hospital on the South Shore of Nassau County to provide angioplasty in an emergency. Angioplasty is a potentially life-saving, patient-centered treatment to reopen a partially closed coronary artery that can cause a heart-attack. When providing emergency angioplasty, South Nassau averages a “door-to-balloon- South Nassau is a recipient of the American Heart Association/ 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- End
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