When patients feel their worst, they want to make sure that taken care of by the best hospital on Long Island. Being sick is never fun, but when you’re in a hospital that you trust is going to take care of you, you can ease your mind and focus on healing. We bring you this year’s winners for Best Hospital on Long Island.
Long Islanders Voted South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside Best Hospital on Long Island!
1. South Nassau Communities Hospital
1 Healthy Way, Oceanside. 877-768-8462. www.southnassau.org
With 435 beds, 875 physicians and 2,800 employees, South Nassau is one of the region’s largest hospitals. A leading hospital with state-of-the-art care from expert doctors in many medical fields, South Nassau boasts Long Island’s first-and-only Gamma Knife and Novalis Tx radiosurgery technologies. In addition to the hospital’s many services, it also offers extensive outpatient specialty centers.
2. Winthrop University
259 First St., Mineola. 516-663-0333. www.winthrop.org
3. Northshore LIJ
270-05 76th Ave., New Hyde Park. 516-470-7000. www.northshorelij.com
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please don’t include South Side Hopital with LIJ because its nasty Im suprised they even claim that place
My mother was admitted to your hospital 3 times this year in the past two months. This time on March 1, 2011, she had rectal bleeding and diarrhea that was not cure by taking Imodium. She has the diarrhea and bleeding for quite some time (past month).
A GI doctor was called in and he refuse to treat her. His words were that it would make no difference as to whether he located the bleeding source since there would be nothing that can be done about it anyway; since my mom has pancreatic cancer and last year had a mild heart attack. His bedside manners were horrible and we could tell he did not want to be bothered. We were in the emergency room since 830 am yesterday, he was called four times and never showed up or return the call, when my mom was taken to her room, I asked the nurse if she can find out if orders were placed for a procedure for the following day which would of been today, (since my concern was that my mother was not given any solid food to prepare for the procedure – she had breakfast at home before we came to the emergency dept.
At 730 pm yesterday the GI doctor shows up and basically refuse to treat her. He was arrogant and he needs to develop a companionate bedside manner for patients who especially suffer from cancer. He outright told me — he was not ordering any tests nor was he going to do any procedures since she the risks outweigh the benefits. He did not take the time to explain to my mom who is the patient what the risks were or what the benefits would have been. I contacted her oncologist, her cardiologist and her primary doctor and let them know what the GI doctor had said; I requested that another GI doctor be brought in to review my mother’s condition.
The GI doctor that came yesterday should not be practicing at your hospital. If he treated my mother like that, then he will definitely treat another patient the same way.
My mother has been a patient of SNCH for over 16 years and this is the first time that I have encounter a doctor form your hospital to treat a patient with such disrespect and contempt toward her illness.
Mary Jane,
We are very sorry to hear about your and your mother’s experience. We assure you that this is not the norm at South Nassau and would like the opportunity to address the issue and find a satisfactory resolution. Please call our Patient Relations Office at 516-632-3414 at your convenience and one of the members of our team will be happy to work with you on this matter. Thank you.
So sorry to hear that Mary Jane… U should write the administration people of the hospital and also give the jerk a review on healthgrades dot com and vitals dot come… That dr needs to lose his license!!
i think the best hospital is stony brook