Winthrop-University Hospital

Name :

Winthrop-University Hospital

Address  :

259 First Street

Town  :

Mineola

State  :

New York

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

11501

Phone  :

516 663 0333

Web URL  :


Description

About WinthropUniversity Hospital
Founded in 1896 by a group of local physicians and concerned citizens Long Islands first voluntary hospital is a 591bed universityaffiliated medical center and New York Statedesignated Regional Trauma Center which offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery WinthropUniversity Hospital is a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services

In 2009 Winthrop provided inpatient care for 33581 men women children and 3242 newborns and logged nearly 66000 emergency visits More than 4048 electrophysiology procedures and 6385 cardiac catheterizations were performed Nearly 18000 surgical procedures were completed including 500 openheart operations In addition Winthrops certified Home Health Agency and its Long Term Homecare Program provided nearly 110000 visits to community residents

The Hospital employs 6000 dedicated and caring individuals including nearly 1500 nurses and 1525 fulltime and voluntary attending medical staff Winthrop offers a broad range of inpatient and outpatient programs and services for the newborn through the elderly primarily from Nassau Suffolk and Queens Counties on Long Island in a dynamic progressive environment

Mission
It is the mission of WinthropUniversity Hospital to provide high quality safe culturally competent and comprehensive health care services in a teaching and research environment which improve the health and wellbeing of the residents of Nassau County and contiguous county areas always with a commitment to quotCare without compromisequot
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