(West Islip, NY) Good Samaritan Hospital recently hosted a Healthy Sunday program at St. Francis de Sales in Patchogue. Healthy Sundays is a community outreach program sponsored by Catholic Health Services to promote health and wellness through educational information and health screenings for the underserved. Volunteer staff administered flu vaccines and provided cholesterol/glucose screenings to more than 100 participants.
In addition, through the generous donations of Al’s Angels and Fidelis Care health insurance, 50 families received bins of food and $15 Butterball turkey certificates for Thanksgiving. Al’s Angels’ mission is providing moments of joy and comfort to families that are challenged with financial hardship.
Pictured (L-R): St. Francis de Sales parishioner Joanne Bassano and Herman Velasquez, parishioner at St. John of God in Central Islip.
“These generous donations were really useful this year since there were so many families in need,” said Catholic Health Services Project Coordinator, Healthy Sundays Program Luz Puello.
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center is a 537-bed (including 100 nursing home beds), voluntary, not-for-profit hospital located in West Islip. The medical center, which has more than 3,775 employees and 900 physicians on staff, had nearly 28,000 patient admissions and nearly 100,000 emergency department visits in 2012. Good Samaritan is a member of Catholic Health Services of Long Island. Visit the website at www.good-samaritan-hospital.org.
The medical center supplies residents with the tools necessary to maintain good health. This includes community lectures, screenings, health fairs and other community programs and services.
