Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital Archives

08.21.2023 Community

Two years later, fentanyl crisis persists, straining area first responders

This month marks two years since six North Fork residents suffered fatal overdoses from cocaine laced with fentanyl over the course of three shocking days. The oldest was 40,...

03.08.2023 Health

Narcan kits expanding throughout North Fork to combat drug overdoses

A string of fatal drug overdoses in the summer of 2021 left the North Fork community with deep scars. Now, local organizations and businesses are working together to help...

03.02.2023 COVID-19

As state drops mask mandate for health facilities, North Fork hospitals say they’re keeping them in place for now

Hospitals and medical facilities on the North Fork will be keeping their mask policies in place for the time being, despite New York State ending the requirement last month....

02.06.2022 Editorials

Editorial: Shoveling heavy snow is ‘inherently dangerous’

Last weekend’s blizzard brought record amounts of snowfall and high winds, which in areas with open fields like the North Fork made clearing major roadways extremely challenging. What the...

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...

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...

04.20.2020 COVID-19

Making a difference: Visiting nurse is fighting COVID-19 while living out of RV in Greenport

In mid-March, as the COVID-19 infection rate began to grow, Roman Gnatenko received a phone call from an agency in the Midwest that places qualified nurses with hospitals that...

03.27.2020 COVID-19

A Greenport hospital faces down the COVID-19 monster

Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport was the first to receive a COVID-19 patient on the East End and has been on the front lines for two...

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