MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 300 people have been diagnosed with the mumps in the New York metropolitan area, as the nation's largest outbreak of the disease in years continues to spread.
HICKS STREET — On Wednesday, armed with red noisemakers and whistles, nurses and other Long Island College Hospital (LICH) staffers picketed to protest what they called parent company Continuum’s blatant disregard for nurses’
As of Jan. 1, Lutheran Medical Center is one of only five hospitals in New York City selected by the New York State Department of Health to provide bariatric surgery for Medicaid fee-for-service-recipients.
“This new surgical designation means two very {read more...}
New Technology Aids in Detection and Diagnosis of Disease
Long Island College Hospital (LICH) announces PET-CT imaging, the only hospital in the area offering this advanced technology. PET-CT uses the latest technology to detect and diagnose cancer, heart disease and neurological
Chief of Orthopedic Trauma at Lutheran Spends Two Weeks in Haiti
In Jan. 22, Dr. Tom Lyon, physician chief of Orthopedic Trauma at Lutheran Medical Center, traveled with a team of 19 medical and surgical professionals to Hospital Eleazar Germaine on a relief mission to help those affected by the Haitian earthquake. They spent two weeks helping patients in dire circumstances at the hospital, located in Pétion-ville, a suburb in the hills of the nation’s capital, but still part of Port au Prince’s metropolitan area.
As news updates continue to unfold, the team reported that the devastating effects of this tragedy were even worse than originally
KINGS HIGHWAY — More than 200 employees were honored by Beth Israel Medical Center-Kings Highway Division on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at a breakfast gathering at El Caribe in Mill Basin.
The group, comprised of staff who completed their 15 to 45 years of service in the past three years, received thanks and congratulations from Harris Nagler, MD, interim president; Rhona Hetsrony, vice president for administration, and Marie Flordeliza, RN, vice president for patient care services.
BROOKLYN — HeartShare Human Services of New York elected five new members to its Board of Directors: Kevin J. Breen, Dewey Golkin, Esq., Paola Y. Lima, Anthony M. Riccio Jr. and Salvatore E. Strazzullo, Esq.
BOROUGH PARK — Maimonides Medical Center announced today that it has received the prestigious “2010 Distinguished Hospital Award” from HealthGrades, placing it among the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation for low mortality and complication rates. Other hospitals {read more...}
Proposed Merger With Downstate
Would Strengthen Both Hospitals
OTHMER’S $150 MILLION STILL HAZY
By Dennis Holt
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
COBBLE HILL — The Board of Regents of Long Island College Hospital (LICH) and the Board of Trustees of Continuum Health Partners have endorsed an agreement
For LICH, Troubled Relationship
With Continuum Will Be History
By Dennis Holt
Brooklyn Eagle
COBBLE HILL — The Board of Regents of Long Island College Hospital (LICH) and the Board of Trustees of Continuum Health Partners have endorsed an agreement that
BAY RIDGE -- More than one in five females have some form of cardiovascular disease. Women often underestimate their risk, however heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States, killing more women
It's a fact -- you don't hear as well as you used to. Is your rock and roll past causing noise-induced hearing loss or is the medicine you're taking to blame? Then again, maybe your hearing is perfectly fine for {read more...}
Telling Democrats to “show some backbone” and pass a national health care bill, members of MoveOn.org, a liberal advocacy group, rallied at Brooklyn Borough Hall at noon Tuesday. “Democrats need to provide affordable health care for all American families,” declared Shawn Walsh, regional coordinator for the activist group. The rally was part of a series of actions sponsored by the group across the nation.
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN -- In recent mailings last week to area residents covered by United Healthcare/Oxford insurance plans, Continuum Health Partners again advised them to seek care at hospitals other than Long Island College Hospital or other institutions or doctors with {read more...}
COBBLE HILL — If you go to the emergency room at a hospital, the chances are that whoever sees you will be an intern or a resident, although that person will be supervised by an attending
