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Mitchell said he had on his desk a Certificate of Need
Peconic Bay Medical Center
The beat goes on – building our
state-of-the-art cardiac care center.
Our care at Peconic Bay Medical Center is
groundbreaking. Literally. We are paving the
way for the future of care with a three-story,
$60 million comprehensive cardiac care center
complete with two cardiac catheterization suites,
an electrophysiology suite, recovery rooms and
an 18-bed intensive care/cardiac care unit. This
means the Kansas Regional Heart Center will offer
lifesaving interventional cardiac procedures that are
unavailable elsewhere on the East End.
Elected officials and benefactors — including John
and Elaine Kanas, whose family foundation donated
a $5 million gift for the cardiac center, bringing
the total “New Era Capital Campaign" fundraising
to $20.25 million to date — participated in the
ceremonies outside the hospital before a crowd of
community members and hospital staff.
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PBMC president and CEO Andrew Mitchell marked it
as “a momentous day in the history of the medical
center,” and a day for celebrating the heritage of
Central Suffolk Hospital, and its decade of growth
and expansion as Peconic Bay Medical Center.
“Nearly 10 years ago we came together on this
very spot to break ground for the buildings that
would radically transform health care in our
region,” Mitchell said. He listed the highlights of
the last decade, including, among other things, “a
destination orthopedics program, a major robotics
surgery center, an incredibly special palliative care
unit, a graduate medical education program, the
largest multi-specialty group in eastern Suffolk,
an area trauma center and an award-winning
stroke center.” Mitchell said through the hospital’s
“powerful partnership with Northwell Health” it is
dedicated to “creating a new era in health care.”
application to the State Health Department for an
interventional cardiac catheterization facility dated
1993. It never came to fruition, he said.
“In less than a year Northwell Health got our CON
approved,” Mitchell said. The PBMC board chose
to become part of the Northwell Health System
in large part because Northwell’s commitment to
immediately pursuing approvals for the cardiac care
facilities and moving forward with its construction.
The cardiac catheterization facilities will allow Tami Gold, RN
specially trained cardiologists to perform procedures
that clear blocked cardiac arteries for patients
suffering heart attacks within the window of time
required to save heart muscle — and lives. Currently Current
heart attack victims on the East End generally travel
an hour or more to a facility licensed for those Director of Staff Education
procedures — often with dire health consequences South Oaks Hospital
or loss of life.
“This has been 15 years of work by the board, 2015
the management and the foundation and it took
Northwell Health to put it all together,” PBMC Director of Quality
chairwoman Sherry Paterson said. ”Make no mistake and Education
this critical care tower will save lives.” South Oaks Hospital
In his remarks at the podium, Northwell president 2012
and CEO Michael Dowling extended “special thanks” Charge Nurse
to the senator, who he said, “above all, cares deeply Adolescents
about his community.” South Oaks Hospital
Dowling said the community today should “have
a wonderful sense of pride” because of the strides 2012
Northwell and Peconic Bay are making. MSN with a specialization in
Nursing Leadership
“This is health reform in action — not discussion, not South Oaks Hospital
theory, not legislation, not political comment. This
is actually what reform is about: doing something 2007
where you see a result, where you can touch and feel
it and patients can come here and get the best care,” Staff Nurse
Dowling said. Huntington Hospital
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