Ocean Financial Federal Credit Union opens a 200 sq. ft. micro-branch at Mercy Hospital, offering banking services for staff and volunteers
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Micro-preemie heads home after spending nearly 5 months in NICU on Long Island
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, Long Island (WABC) — She came into this world more than three months earlier than expected, and now a “micro-preemie” on Long Island is finally heading home.
Trinity Alexandria Rose weighed less than two pounds when she was born in April, and on Wednesday, she was discharged from the NICU at Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital, weighing a healthy 11.5 pounds.
It takes a village, but in this case, more like an army, and they enjoyed every minute of this, because it was a rollercoaster for little Alexandria Rose, and her parents, Latashia and David, from Freeport.
“And here we are 146 days later, and we’re going home,” Latashia Morris said.
They’re grateful to the whole team of doctors and NICU nurses here at Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre, who provided way more than medical care… they delivered hope, because Alexandria Rose was born at just 1 pound, 14 ounces. They called her a “micro-preemie.”
“But the nurses and the doctors were on me like, ‘nope, we’re not going down to that dark place, like she’s going to be OK, we got you, we got her.’ And they really did,” Morris said.
“I was scared. I was scared but happy, especially with how she came out,” said Trinity’s father David Taylor.
Alexandria Rose was delivered while she was still in the embryonic sack.
“That’s a technique I use, sometimes very small babies get traumatized as they come out so it’s best if you keep the bag in tact,” said Mercy Hospital OB-GYN, Dr. Jahanshah Seraji.
From that point on, they said the first two weeks were critical.
“She had some lung problems, she had some eye problems, and she had some heart problems,” said Mercy Hospital Neonatology Director, Dr. Swarna Devarajan.
But now, Alexandria Rose is healthy after her record-breaking stay of nearly five months.
“It’s very difficult because they’re here so long,” said NICU nurse Lisa Pino. “We become attached to them, so when they have a setback, we have a setback.”
Alexandria Rose will be back here in just two weeks for her first checkup, and after that, every two months until her second birthday. But she’s reached 11 pounds, 8.5 ounces now.
Her favorite song, not surprisingly, is “Hakuna Matata.”
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Mercy Hospital begins $6M emergency department project | Long Island Business News
Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital has begun work on a $6 million project to upgrade its emergency department.
The Mercy Hospital emergency department in Rockville Centre receives an average of 35,000 patient visits annually and the improvement project is aimed at upgrading the aesthetics and layout of the facility, allowing Mercy to maximize its overall operational effectiveness, according to a written statement.
Courtesy of Catholic Health/Mercy Hospital The project includes creating a new triage area with electronic patient check-in kiosks, upgraded floors, new lighting, a new nursing station and new furniture. The EMS triage will be moved closer to the ambulance bay to allow for more streamlined communication and coordination with first responders. There will also be redesigned workspaces throughout the emergency department to allow for an improved work environment and better visualization for patient safety.
“Updating our ED is crucial in an effort to meet the needs of the community and to match the evolving trends in healthcare. It is important for us to modernize,” Mercy Hospital President Joseph Manopella said in the statement. “I’m excited for our upgraded ED as it hasn’t seen a functional or aesthetic modernization in over 20 years.”
Phase one of the project, which is expected to be completed by the middle of next year, will be done in several sub-phases. Once phase one is completed, Mercy hopes to begin work on phase two, which is expected to include plans to expand the square footage of the ED.
“Offering high quality care, while providing a safe environment remains a top priority,” Mercy Hospital COO Ihab Ibrahim said in the statement. “This is why we are targeting a different section of the ED during each sub-phase to ensure that there is no disruption of day-to-day operations for our staff, patients and EMS providers.”
Emergency staff members at Mercy Hospital, which has been serving the surrounding Rockville Centre community for over 100 years, are trained to treat all medical conditions, illnesses and injuries, use advanced diagnostic imaging and consult with the hospital’s specialists in multiple disciplines. Mercy Hospital has also earned Level 3 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation, providing elderly patients who visit its ED with the necessary expertise, equipment and resources to deliver optimal care, according to the statement.
“The current aesthetic of the emergency department is a bit dated,” Dr. Robert Bramante, chairman of Emergency Medicine at Mercy, said in the statement. “This will help bring it up to what you would expect to see in a more modern hospital. Based on the plans and materials, when it’s complete, it is going to be a completely different experience.”
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