05.29.2024 News Expanded emergency department set to open at Peconic Bay Medical Center Peconic Bay Medical Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Thursday to celebrate its newly expanded emergency department — the Poole Family Trauma and Emergency Center — which is expected...
02.26.2024 News Win for PBMC nurses: new contracts approved An overwhelming number of Peconic Bay Medical Center nurses and healthcare workers voted to ratify new three-year contracts with Northwell on Wednesday, Feb. 21, which include long-awaited wage increases...
02.09.2024 News PBMC healthcare workers to strike starting Feb. 21 if demands not met Editor’s Note: This story has been updated. Over 400 nurses and healthcare workers at Peconic Bay Medical Center plan to walk out of the hospital beginning on Wednesday, Feb....
01.27.2023 News PBMC launches new renal therapy option for dialysis patients For critically ill patients who can no longer undergo traditional dialysis, Peconic Bay Medical Center now offers a solution. The hospital announced it now offers continuous renal replacement therapy...
07.12.2022 Health ‘Mitchell’s Way’ unveiled as PBMC, officials honor longtime hospital CEO Andrew Mitchell, the former president and CEO of Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, was honored in a surprise ceremony Monday afternoon. Mr. Mitchell will be officially retiring from...
06.28.2022 Health PBMC to launch new women’s and children’s unit to expand care across North Fork Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead will launch a new women’s and children’s unit as part of its initiative to advance health services on the North Fork. The unit...
05.27.2022 News Local support provides big boost for nurses at PBMC Saira Qureshi, a nurse at Peconic Bay Medical Center, was transporting a patient to recovery after a procedure when she received an email with some news she couldn’t believe....
05.23.2022 Health $5 million donation to help fund emergency department expansion at PBMC in Riverhead Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead will be expanding its Emergency Services Department after receiving a $5 million donation. The donation made by longtime supporters of PBMC, Thomas and...
03.17.2022 COVID-19 One year later, Riverhead man reflects on long journey of surviving COVID It’s coming up on a year now. March 20, 2021. It will be a year ago Sunday. That was, hands down, the worst day in Mark MK McLaughlin’s life....
02.21.2022 Health PBMC weighing options for future of Mercy building What does Peconic Bay Medical Center plan to do with the former Mercy High School building and property? “As far as the Mercy campus, we’re still developing that...