South Nassau Communities Hospital (Huntington, East Meadow: insurance, neighborhood, school)
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I would like to hear from anyone who is familiar with South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside. Specifically, I'd like to know what services they are known for, e.g., cancer, heart, ER, general? How do they compare to hospitals like Long Island Jewish, Mercy or St. Francis? Was your experience good or bad in terms of service and quality of care? Would you go back if you needed medical care again?
I would like to know as well. Went there many years ago. Back then (1994) they were very accepting of alternative treatments like massage,acupuncture. I know the school in Syosset had massage therapists at the time seeing patients. Not sure if they do that still now. Surely the costs depends on insurance & many people pay out-of-pocket.
For us we would like to know how they are when it comes to serious problems for a few family members. Like Diabetes, Heart Disease, even dialysis. Like do they have a dialysis center on site? Drug re-hab? Their ER is important as well.
As far as I know for above poster you can not beat St. Francis when it comes to Heart disease/problems they have consistently rated the best.
I am very familiar with South Nassau as both of my parents have used it extensively for many different issues.
Although it has improved since becoming part of the North Shore - LIJ system I do not consider it among the best. Out of the ones you list, the only one that I would rank below South Nassau is Mercy. LIJ is large and excellent and St. Francis is definitely the best place on Long Island for heart treatment.
They have an off-site dialysis unit for outpatient dialysis. It is located in Oceanside. They are very good and very caring people.
Having dealt with my parents medical issues over the years I have come to the conclusion that if you are dealing with a minor matter the local hospitals are ok. But, if you are facing a major issue, why not access the world class hospitals that are available in NYC? The incovenience for visitors is far outweighed by the superior quality of care.
From my boss who has lived all his life on Long Island and dealt with numerous health issues of his parents over the years, and has many friends on the South Shore, the advice is to stay away, unless there is a dire emergency. There are better choices on the island and for really serious stuff, if you are able, drag yourself and loves ones to the city.
I agree with Tom. There are a few off-site diagnostic testing sites that are pretty good in terms of patient treatment and organization. It's fine for basic services, but every single doctor that I have ever gone to, even if they have privileges there, have advised me to have any type of non-emergency treatment at one of the other major hospitals on Long Island. South Nassau has some outreach programs, bereavement programs, counseling, etc. but it's all on a small scale. Mercy and Franklin have even lower reputations. South Nassau is also not a good place for any type of high risk pregnancy.
I would like to hear from anyone who is familiar with South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside. Specifically, I'd like to know what services they are known for, e.g., cancer, heart, ER, general? How do they compare to hospitals like Long Island Jewish, Mercy or St. Francis? Was your experience good or bad in terms of service and quality of care? Would you go back if you needed medical care again?
As others have said or otherwise alluded to: For basic services, places like South Nassau Communities Hospital or Mercy Medical Center or Franklin Hospital may be OK/functional for the basics (and some maybe beyond the basics) but, for anything major as an outpatient or inpatient or for more serious emergency situations, it isn't far from Oceanside to take advantage of Winthrop University Hospital (Mineola) or Nassau University Medical Center (East Meadow) or North Shore University Hospital (Manhasset). I know that the three just-named boldfaced hospitals are each designated as a "Level I Trauma Center" for both adult and pediatric, meaning that they can handle any situation that comes to them (even the most severe) without having to ship you off to another institution after you arrive at them. Why not take advantage of the most highly-designated hopsitals (if you can) rather than go to a simple community hospital? No other hospitals in Nassau County other than the three just-named boldfaced hospitals are rated as a "Level I Trauma Center" and, in Suffolk County, only Stony Brook University Medical Center (Stony Brook) is rated as Level I.
In summary, it is best to go to one single institution that can do it all and at the highest recognized rated level. If such a hospital weren't in Nassau County, then I would go to such a hospital in neighboring Queens. Why compromise just for the sake of convenience (e.g., such as having a community hospital to walk to right in your very own neighborhood) when your very well-being or your very life, for that matter, is or may be at stake?
I've had relatives (e.g., my parents, my uncle) who were brought to lesser hospitals (i.e., lesser designation, lesser staffed, less high-level specialists on staff, et al) such as Huntington Hospital (Huntington) or Franklin Hospital (Valley Stream) whereby it was deemed that the person may have fared better or may have lived (instead of dying) if they had been brought to a more comprehensive and more-highly designated institution.
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