Plainview Hospital
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| name = Plainview Hospital
| org/group = Northwell Health
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| location = 888 Old Country Road in Plainview
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| state = New York
| country = US
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| type = Community General hospital
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| affiliation = Zucker School of Medicine
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| emergency = Yes
| beds = 219
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| opened = June 25, 1961
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| website = {{URL|https://plainview.northwell.edu/}}
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Plainview Hospital is an acute care community hospital with 219 beds located on 888 Old Country Road in Plainview, New York. This hospital is one of the 22 member hospitals that make up Northwell Health. Prior to merging with Northwell Health, Plainview Hospital was known as Central General Hospital.{{cite web|url=https://www.northwell.edu/sites/northwell.edu/files/d7/ShapingTheFutureOfHealthcare.pdf|title=Shaping the Future of Healthcare|website=Northwell Hospital|accessdate=July 17, 2020}} Today, the hospital is led by Executive Director Michael Fener.{{Cite web|title=About us - Plainview Hospital {{!}} Northwell Health|url=https://plainview.northwell.edu/about-us|access-date=2020-08-13|website=plainview.northwell.edu|language=en}}
History
The Town of Oyster Bay first approved construction of the hospital on May 25, 1956.{{Cite journal|date=2011-07-14|title=Manhasset press. (Manhasset, N.Y.) 1934-current, July 14, 2011, Image 60|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071155/2011-07-14/ed-1/seq-60/|issue=2011/07/14|pages=60}} The hospital opened with a dedicative ribbon-cutting ceremony five years later, on June 25, 1961. The t-shaped building{{Cite journal|date=1961-06-29|title=The leader. (Freeport, N.Y.) 1941-1987, June 29, 1961, Image 1|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071064/1961-06-29/ed-1/seq-1/|issue=1961/06/29|pages=1}} had 205 beds and 154 staff members. The building was named Central General Hospital, for its central location on Long Island. Dr. Anton Notey oversaw its construction and was the hospital's owner and Executive Director until his indictment in 1978 for a nursing home kickback scheme.{{Cite journal|date=1963-06-20|title=The leader. (Freeport, N.Y.) 1941-1987, June 20, 1963, Image 4|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071064/1963-06-20/ed-1/seq-4/|issue=1963/06/20|pages=4}}{{Cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Ronald|date=1978-03-17|title=Indicted L.I . Doctor Now Accused Of a $ 1 .8 Millon Kickback Scheme|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/17/archives/indicted-li-doctor-now-accused-of-a-18-millon-kickback-scheme.html|access-date=2020-08-12|issn=0362-4331}} After Dr. Notey was indicted, Robert J. Bornstein replaced him as Administrator of the hospital.{{Cite journal|date=1978-11-16|title=The Bethpage tribune. (Bethpage, N.Y.) 1966-current, November 16, 1978, Image 2|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn94057939/1978-11-16/ed-1/seq-2/|issue=1978/11/16|pages=2}} In July 1984, the hospital purchased a $70,000 ($177,573.35 adjusted for inflation) Sharplan surgical laser. At the time, it was one of the latest technologies available, and was one of only 500 lasers sent to North America.{{Cite journal|date=1984-07-12|title=The Bethpage tribune. (Bethpage, N.Y.) 1966-current, July 12, 1984, Image 1|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn94057939/1984-07-12/ed-1/seq-1/|issue=1984/07/12|pages=1}}
On December 22, 1994, Central General Hospital officially became a member of the North Shore Health System which eventually merged with LIJ to form the North Shore-LIJ Health System (now Northwell); this meant the hospital changed from a for-profit to a not-for-profit hospital.{{Cite journal|date=1995-01-20|title=The Bethpage tribune. (Bethpage, N.Y.) 1966-current, January 20, 1995, Image 3|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn94057939/1995-01-20/ed-1/seq-3/|issue=1995/01/20|pages=3}} This also meant that the name of the hospital would change to Plainview Hospital, however people used the name Central General Hospital for the next few years. After the acquisition by North Shore-LIJ, over 100 benefactors pledged to donate at least $1,000 ($1,614.34 adjusted for inflation) for the purpose of upgrading and replacing medical equipment.
Today, the hospital has 219 beds, and is overseen by Executive Director Michael Fener, who also oversees nearby Syosset Hospital. In 2018, the telemetry unit received a complete makeover and renovation that cost $2,000,000.{{Cite web|date=December 20, 2018|last=Mineo|first=Andrea|title=Plainview Hospital unveils $2M renovated telemetry unit|url=https://plainview.northwell.edu/news/plainview-hospital-unveils-2m-renovated-telemetry-unit|access-date=2020-08-12|website=plainview.northwell.edu|language=en}} Currently, the hospital is going under a $19,000,000 cardiac catherization wing with two labs.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-17|title=Northwell Receives State Approval to Open Four Cardiac Catheterization Labs|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200217005021/en/Northwell-Receives-State-Approval-Open-Cardiac-Catheterization|access-date=2020-08-13|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}}
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Old Country Road was given a secondary name of "Heroes Way" between Kalda Lane and Gerhard and Central Park Roads, to honor the first responders that work in the hospital.{{Cite web|date=2020-07-15|title=First Responders Honored With 'Heroes Way' In Plainview|url=https://patch.com/new-york/plainview/first-responders-honored-heroes-way-plainview|access-date=2020-08-13|website=Plainview, NY Patch|language=en}}
Services
Plainview Hospital currently has 219 beds and can handle general emergency, wounds, gastroenterology, palliative, and urology services. It also has a gynecological wing.{{Cite web|title=Plainview Hospital {{!}} Northwell Health|url=https://plainview.northwell.edu/|access-date=2020-08-13|website=plainview.northwell.edu|language=en}}
This hospital is a teaching hospital affiliated with the Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies and the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine.{{Cite web|title=Clinical Education Institutions {{!}} College of Osteopathic Medicine {{!}} New York Tech|url=https://www.nyit.edu/medicine/clinical_education_institutions|access-date=2021-06-15|website=www.nyit.edu}}
References
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External links
- [https://plainview.northwell.edu/ Official Plainview Hospital Website]
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Category:Hospitals in New York (state)