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Fact Sheet:
Nassau Health Care Corporation:
1,200-bed health care system comprised of: Nassau
University Medical Center, a 530-bed tertiary care
teaching hospital located in East Meadow; A. Holly
Patterson Extended Care Facility, an 589-bed skilled
nursing facility located in Uniondale; and seven community
health centers located throughout Nassau County.
Governed by a 15-member Board of Directors, comprised
of business and community leaders from the Long
Island area.
Total budget of almost half a billion dollars
NHCC employs over 3,600; over 250 volunteers
Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC):
Opened in 1935 as Meadowbrook Hospital; renamed
in 1974 as Nassau County Medical Center, renamed
in 2001 as Nassau University Medical Center
Designated hospital on Long Island to care for the
President of the United States
Level 1 Trauma Center (one of three in Nassau County)
with helicopter landing pad
Only hospital in Nassau County with self-contained
Burn Center
Region’s largest multi-place Hyperbaric Oxygen
Chamber and Wound Care Center
Blood Donor Center
Designated Safe Haven – secret safe place
for newborns
19 story, 1,000,000 square-foot Dynamic Care building
Neonatal intensive care unit is a regional center
Treats more than 80,000 people annually in the emergency
room and 250,000 in over 85 specialty clinics
Serves 22 residency and fellowship training programs
and 300 residents
Houses the emergency medical control base which
serves all of Nassau County
Staff of 2,600 at NUMC
Serves as a major teaching campus of the Health
Science Center of the State University of New York
at Stony Brook and New York College of Osteopathic
Medicine
Accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Health Care Organizations
Licensed by the New York State Department of Health
and approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education
Member of the Hospital Association of New York State,
the Nassau/Suffolk Hospital Council, Greater New
York Hospital Association, the National Association
of Public Hospitals, the American Association of
Blood Banks and the Association of American Medical
Colleges.
Accredited by the Commission on Cancer for Teaching
Hospital Cancer Programs
Designated AIDS center
Location
Located on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow, Long
Island and one mile east of the Meadowbrook Parkway.
Ideally located in the center of Nassau County with
easy access to Manhattan (40 Minutes by car or train)
and two airports, LaGuardia and Kennedy.
Our Mission:
To provide comprehensive, high quality health care
to residents regardless of ability to pay. This
reflects our role as a major public multi-facility
system committed to excellence in health care delivery,
medical education and research. The values driving
this mission – caring, integrity and pride
– guide the day-to-day operation of our hospital. |
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