John T Mather Mem Hospital

Description

Mathers Mission
John T Mather Memorial Hospital is an accredited 248bed nonprofit community hospital dedicated to providing a wide spectrum of health care services of the highest quality in a cost effective manner to the residents of Suffolk County

As members of the Mather Hospital Family trustees medical staff hospital staff volunteers and benefactors we are committed to providing care to the best of our ability showing compassion and respect and treating each patient in the manner we would wish for our loved ones

We will meet or exceed each patients expectations through the continued collaborative efforts of each and every member of the Mather Hospital Family

History

John Titus Mather was a successful local shipbuilder in Port Jefferson in the early part of the 20th century

When he died in 1928 his will outlined his wishes for the care of his family and loved ones and instructed his executor to quotIncorporate under the laws of the State of New York a nonsectarian charitable hospital to be located in said village of Port Jefferson so designed and constructed as to permit future enlargement assuming that future needs may justify such action It is my sincere hope that the citizens of Port Jefferson and vicinity will give their liberal and devoted support to said institution and endeavor to make it a success and a credit to the communityquot

On December 29 1929 Mr Mathers wishes were realized with the opening of the first general hospital in the Town of Brookhaven With 54 beds John T Mather Memorial Hospital was fully equipped with what was considered the finest Xray laboratory and surgical technology available The Emergency Room was just that a room with a single bed

In accordance with Mr Mathers wishes the hospital bearing his name grew along with the Town of Brookhaven In August of 1962 a new wing was dedicated giving the Hospital a new surgical suite a new emergency facility and a new intensive care unit The expansion also gave the Hospital a total of 110 beds

In 1973 Mather hospital undertook another expansion project adding a new psychiatric unit and the most advanced electronic monitoring equipment for coronary care and the intensive care unit and bringing the total number of beds in the Hospital to 203

Ten years later came another new wing along with extensive renovation of the existing building and new equipment John T Mather Memorial Hospital had now grown to 223 beds and by 1997 it stood at its present bed count of 248

The delivery of healthcare has changed since we first opened our doors in 1929 New surgical procedures keep being introduced existing procedures are improved and procedures that were once unique are now common Procedures that once required a hospital stay and a long recovery can now be successfully performed on an outpatient basis Hospital stays are shorter but the demand for acute care is greater today more than twothirds of all surgery is performed on an outpatient basis

The surgical suites dedicated in 1962 were not designed for todays stateoftheart equipment Thats why in 1998 Mather Hospital opened the doors to its new Cody Surgical Pavilion This facility addresses a number of community needs for the efficient and effective delivery of healthcare both for today and well into the 21st century

John Titus Mather wanted the Hospital he dreamed of creating to be quota success and credit to the communityquot Since 1929 that dream is clearly a reality