Riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com
Peconic Bay Medical Center announces $92 million investment for …
WEBNorthwell Health’s Peconic Bay Medical Center announced a $92 million investment for the expansion of the Riverhead hospital on Friday afternoon. The funds will be used to add 6,600 square feet to the emergency department, establish a brand-new private Center for Women and Infants and implement new, life-saving technology.
Actived: 2 days ago
PBMC welcomes new chair of emergency medicine
WEBDr. Ninfa Mehta is taking over as chair of PBMC’s expanding emergency department. (Jim Lennon courtesy photo) Dr. Ninfa Mehta, the new chair of emergency medicine at Peconic Bay Medical Center, has a connection to the Riverhead hospital that goes well beyond her job. Back when the facility was known as Central Suffolk Hospital, …
UPDATE: PBMC, LIJ Valley Stream and Northwell reach tentative
WEBEditor’s Note: This story was updated on Feb. 19. After issuing a federally-mandated strike notice on Feb. 9, nurses and healthcare workers at Peconic Bay Medical Center and Northwell Health reached a tentative agreement on Friday, Feb. 16 after bargaining sessions — potentially averting 400 employees from striking.. Union …
Peconic Bay Medical Center nurses and healthcare workers vote in …
WEBPeconic Bay Medical Center nurses and healthcare workers — who stated they are the “lowest-paid” in their profession on Long Island — have voted to authorize a strike. Dozens of medical professionals gathered outside the Riverhead hospital Thursday afternoon to demand that Northwell Health agree to fairer contracts, specifically wage …
PBMC to launch new women's and children's unit to expand care …
WEBPeconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead will launch a new women’s and children’s unit as part of its initiative to advance health services on the North Fork. The unit will provide women with access to fertility experts and menopause specialists, according to a press release sent out by the hospital The initiative is being led
Victory for PBMC nurses: new contracts approved, averting strike
WEBBy Ana Borruto. Northwell Health and union members at Peconic Bay Medical Center reached an agreement on Feb. 21, averting a potential strike of 400 healthcare workers. (Melissa Azofeifa photo) An overwhelming number of Peconic Bay Medical Center nurses and healthcare workers voted to ratify new three-year contracts …
Suffolk County Health Department to follow CDC guidance on …
WEBIn the wake of newly released state guidance, many North Fork schools have not yet made decisions about mask mandates and COVID-19 restrictions for September as they wait for guidance from the county health department. The New York State Department of Health announced last week that mask mandates and other COVID rules will be left
PBMC healthcare workers to strike starting Feb. 21 if demands not …
WEBOver 400 nurses and healthcare workers at Peconic Bay Medical Center plan to walk out of the hospital beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 21 if an agreement with Northwell Health is not reached for fairer contracts. Members of the New York State Nurses Association at both Peconic and LIJ Valley Stream gave their hospital administrators the …
East End hospitals accepting most healthcare exchange plans
WEBEast End hospitals are now accepting six out of eight insurance plans offered to Suffolk County residents through the state’s healthcare exchange marketplace, according to hospital officials. The hospitals — Eastern Long Island Hospital, Peconic Bay Medical Center, and Southampton Hospital — are accepting EmblemHealth, Empire …
Riverhead officials urging residents to sign up for vaccinations at
WEBRiverhead Town secured additional COVID-19 vaccinations and is urging town residents who are age 60 or older or have comorbidities to sign up, Supervisor Yvette Aguiar said. The vaccines are in addition to the 300 doses the town previously received for this weekend, she said. It was unclear how many additional vaccinations the town …
Catholic Health opens outpatient health care facility in Riverhead
WEBCatholic Health has opened a $7.2 million ambulatory care facility in Riverhead that will employ some 30 workers. The Rockville Centre-based health system opened the 15,600-square-foot Catholic Health Ambulatory Care center at Riverhead on Route 58 late last month. Riverhead Town Supervisor Tim Hubbard hailed the opening, …
Riverhead gets 300 more vaccinations for seniors to be distributed
WEBRiverhead Town has received an additional 300 COVID-19 vaccinations, according to Supervisor Yvette Aguiar. The vaccinations will be available to Riverhead Town residents only, who are age 60 and over, the supervisor said. The vaccinations will be distributed beginning Friday, March 19 and Saturday, March 20, from 9 a.m. through 3 …
CDC revises policy to recommend vaccinated people wear masks …
WEBVaccinated people should resume wearing masks in public, indoor settings — including schools — to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to an updated interim guidance announced Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.. The new guidance applies to counties that have either “substantial” or “high” level of …
Amy Loeb promoted to executive director at PBMC, replacing …
WEBBy Tim Gannon. Amy Loeb is now executive director at PBMC. (Credit: Northwell Health) Andrew Mitchell, the president and CEO of Peconic Bay Medical Center since 2001, is leaving his current role after nearly 20 years of running the hospital’s day-to-day operations. As Mr. Mitchell transitions to another position, Amy Loeb, who has been …
Unsure of what your symptoms mean
WEBPeople feeling symptoms that may be caused by the coronavirus are encouraged to avoid traveling directly to a doctor’s office or emergency room without first consulting with a medical professional. For those unsure of what there symptoms mean, now there’s an app for that. Dr. Soumi Eachempati, a former emergency room surgeon …
Category: Coronavirus, Medical Go Health
Making a difference: Visiting nurse is fighting COVID-19 while …
WEBIn mid-March, as the COVID-19 infection rate began to grow, Roman Gnatenko received a phone call from an agency in the Midwest that places qualified nurses with hospitals that need extra staff during emergencies. “I’d always had my eye on [Stony Brook] Eastern Long Island Hospital,” the New York City resident said. “It seemed like
Longtime Wading River doctor’s office suddenly closed
WEBPeter Lucas of Aquebogue drove to Wading River Monday to see his longtime physician for blood work. But when he arrived at Dr. Robert Bernard’s office on Route 25A, he was turned away by 10 signs taped up around the building advising patients that the office is closed and warning that “trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of
Home health care aide’s death in Jamesport under investigation
WEBA man whose death Monday night by “sharp force injury” at a home in Jamesport is being investigated by Suffolk County homicide detectives was a live-in home health care aide who came to the North Fork for the job but previously lived elsewhere, according to a man who was at the Herricks Lane home on Thursday.. Riverhead police …
'Great day for Suffolk County athletics,' as high-risk sports given …
WEBHigh risk has its reward. It was beginning to look doubtful that high-risk high school sports will be played in Suffolk County this school year. Then a pair of announcements over a four-day span changed everything. First, high-risk sports received authorization Friday from the New York State Department of Health to begin practice …
Top Categories
Popular Searched
› Providence health fraser rehab
› Docker compose zookeeper healthcheck
› What happens if i don't get health insurance
› Extended maternal health coverage
› Genetic determinants of population health
› Advent o lakes fl (health near:3 land)
› Go health urgent care atlanta
› Impact health sharing doctors
› Mortgage refinance for health care professionals
Recently Searched
› Healthy access medicare benefits
› Wellpoint health insurance providers
› United healthcare alliance hmo
› Adventhealth tampa taneja center
› Mental health news articles 2022
› Amerihealth new hampshire claim form
› Healthstar family medicine suwanee ga
› Medicaid and health insurance marketplace
› Mdph office of health equity