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Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center Prepared for 'Nemo'

John Mitty Saturday, February 9, 2013

West Islip, NY - In advance of blizzard conditions expected to affect Long Island from Friday evening through mid-day Saturday, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip has activated a weather emergency and taken steps to ensure that safe patient care will continue throughout the storm.

Staffing on Friday and Saturday will be as scheduled. In anticipation of hazardous travelling conditions during the height of the blizzard sleeping and meal accommodations will be available for staff members who elect to remain at the hospital overnight.

Good Samaritan’s outpatient Dialysis Centers in Lindenhurst and Bay Shore will be closed on Saturday, February 9. All patients scheduled for treatments on Saturday will be seen instead on Sunday, February 10 when the centers reopen. Outpatient imaging centers will be closed on Saturday and will reopen on Sunday. Outpatient physical therapy appointments have been cancelled for Saturday.

Patients scheduled for elective procedures are encouraged to call the hospital for information regarding their specific appointment. For additional information, please call (631) 376-4444.

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Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center is a 537-bed (including 100 nursing home beds), voluntary, not-for-profit hospital located in West Islip. The medical center, which has more than 4,500 employees and almost 900 physicians on staff, had nearly 30,000 patient admissions and more than 95,000 emergency department visits in 2011. Good Samaritan is a member of Catholic Health Services of Long Island. Visit the website atwww.good-samaritan-hospital.org.

Good Samaritan provided more than $43 million in community service and charity care in 2011. The medical center supplies residents with the tools necessary to maintain good health. This includes community lectures, screenings, health fairs and other community programs and services.

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