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Description

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About Us
St Charles Hospital is a 231bed acute care community hospital located in Port Jefferson NY St Charles is a proud member of Catholic Health Services of LI the healing ministry of the Diocese of Rockville Centre and has served the residents of the Three Village area for more than 100 years

The nonprofit hospital features three centers of excellence MaternalChild Orthopedics and Long Islands premier center for Rehabilitation In addition to these core areas St Charles offers services in pediatrics including Long Islands only pediatric inpatient traumatic brain injury program neonatology general surgery radiology palliative care neurosurgery emergency medicine diabetes community reentry general medical and surgical services Sleep Disorders Center and a Diagnostic and Treatment Center with twelve specialty clinics for children and adults with disabilities

St Charles is renowned for its outstanding customer service and scored as one of the top hospitals on Long Island in the delivery of high quality care

Mission Statement
Catholic Health Services of Long Island as a ministry of the Catholic Church continues Christs healing mission promotes excellence in care and commits itself to those in need

CHSLI affirms the sanctity of life advocates for the poor and underserved and serves the common good It conducts its healthcare practice business education and innovation with justice integrity and respect for the dignity of each person

Vision Statement
We are a Team of Healers committed to individualized care and professional excellence We strive to be a System of enduring quality and financial strength which people choose for care where physicians choose to practice and employees choose to work

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History

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St Charles Hospital100 Years of Excellence In Health Care
On February 27 1907 27 homeless children with disabilities boarded a train in Brooklyn NY and arrived in Port Jefferson where they were lovingly accepted into the care of four French Sisters representing the Order of the Daughters of Wisdom A mere nine months later the Brooklyn Home for handicapped children was established to provide support care education and medical and surgical treatment of blind and handicapped children By 1910 a threestory structure designed to accommodate 250 children was built on Fairview Hill and was dedicated as St Charles Hospital

Stories of remarkable recoveries made by the children at St Charles began to circulate throughout the region and helped establish a reputation for outstanding care that remains today Breakthroughs in the treatment of polio garnered national media attention as did the successful education of a young boy who was left both deaf and blind following cerebrospinal meningitis

In 1915 the hospital expanded again this time with the construction of a twostory structure to house a bakery laundry large auditorium and playroom In 1917 the Helme Farm and the Price Cottage both adjoining the hospitals property were purchased to provide housing for the sisters In 1921 the Weeks land a 10acre tract adjoining the hospital on Belle Terre Road was purchased A threestory brick addition to the main hospital was completed in 1923 New operating rooms a sterilization room anesthesiology a recovery area and Xray facility were included along with playrooms dormitories and classrooms for academic and vocational training

Ever on the leading edge of medical treatment the hospital constructed a therapeutic swimming pool in 1926 Taking advantage of the buoyancy provided by hydrotherapy therapists used the pool to help patients mobilize limbs paralyzed by polio and other conditions In 1948 the hospitals Outpatient Orthopedic Clinic opened to provide monitoring and care for children who were able to live at home

Much progress was made in the 1960s when the hospital received a onemillion dollar federal grant to construct a new 165bed facility This facility would be a general hospital providing medical surgical pediatric and obstetric care to patients from Huntington to the East End of Long Island Later that year an orthopedic resident training affiliation with Yale University School of Medicine was announced

Inauspicious beginnings for the St Charles Hospital that exists today a full service general hospital and regional rehabilitation center with 9 satellite rehabilitation centers from Albertson to Riverhead Todays the hospital hosts 301 beds including 98 medicalsurgical 16 intensive carecardiac care 8 pediatric 6 neonatal 22 maternity 40 chemical dependency rehabilitation and 101 physical medicinerehabilitation beds as well as 10 pediatric traumatic brain injury beds Each year approximately 2400 babies are born at St Charles and a team of Board Certified neonatologists provide 24houraday coverage to ensure that special needs newborns receive the highest level of care Recalling its roots St Charles Hospital continues to specialize in orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation The hospital is a certified Traumatic Brain Injury Center Spinal Cord Injury Center and Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center It also continues to serve the community through a number of comprehensive outpatient clinics for children and adults with disabilities