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04.08.2021 Community

24,000 volunteer hours — and counting for Greenport woman at ELIH

For someone who has put in so much time — more time than any other Eastern Long Island Hospital Auxiliary volunteer has ever logged — the time had finally...

04.01.2021 COVID-19

During COVID, another crisis continued: opioids

Over the past year, as the COVID-19 pandemic claimed lives and sent thousands to hospitals and into ICUs, another epidemic was also raging. Opioids. While experts say the opioid...

03.10.2021 COVID-19

With first patient came many questions for Stony Brook ELIH doctor

That very first day, that first patient with a fever, a bad cough and difficulty breathing, caught Dr. Lawrence Schiff and his staff in Greenport completely by surprise. He...

01.07.2021 COVID-19

2020 Person of the Year: Shari Hymes

Editor’s Note: The unique year we endured in 2020 led to a slight twist in our annual People of the Year. As a way to honor the extraordinary work...

12.31.2020 COVID-19

COVID-19 positivity rate stays above 7%; vaccinations continue across North Fork

As New York’s battle with COVID-19 nears an anticipated second peak, the positivity rate in Suffolk County climbed above 8 percent for the first time in seven months this...

12.10.2020 COVID-19

At two hospitals, sadness in the time of COVID can be overwhelming

In the emergency rooms and intensive care units at Peconic Bay Medical Center and Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital, the days are often long, physically and emotionally exhausting...

11.25.2020 COVID-19

Thank you to our front line health care workers

This month, our colleagues at northforker profiled five hospital and nursing home staff members working in all facets of their facilities who played a role in the fight against...

10.14.2020 COVID-19

Bill Eagle, one of seven family members to test positive for COVID-19, remembered as avid pilot

From his bed at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, Bill Eagle tried to reassure his wife, Martha: “Hang in there,” he repeated. The Southold couple had tested positive for COVID-19...

10.12.2020 COVID-19

Eastern Long Island Hospital Foundation’s annual Golf Classic raises $134K, honors health care heroes

As the seriousness of the pandemic began to set in locally back in March, Jack and Maggie Biggane began to reconsider accepting a recent honor bestowed on their foundation....

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