(Long Island, NY) Each year at Christmas time, employees of Mercy Medical Center “adopt” underprivileged families and donate new clothes, toys and gift cards that are distributed the week of Christmas. This year, 19 families were presented with Christmas cheer, including two that welcomed newborns in December—one set of twin boys and a baby girl.
(L to R): Mercy’s Executive VP & CAO, Ron Steimel, HR Administrator, Employee Service, Jeannie Jaeger, Grand Knight William Gutilla of Fr. Joseph O’Connell Council #3481, Knights of Columbus, Oceanside NY 11572 and Director of Security, Michael Sloan. Photo Credit: Mercy Medical Center.
Also, the Oceanside Knights of Columbus collaborated with the hospital with their charitable initiative “Coats for Kids,” donating two cases of brand new winter coats to help keep children warm this winter season. In addition, during the month of December the staff at Mercy delivered more than 20 cases of food to St. Agnes Cathedral’s food pantry to benefit residents in need.
Celebrating more than 100 years, Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre is ranked among the top hospitals in New York state in the 2012 ratings of Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, as leader in orthopedics and “superior” in patient safety. Becker’s Hospital Review included Mercy as one of the “100 Great Community Hospitals in the entire US, based upon our “quality of care and service to the community.” The hospital is designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology, as well as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence® by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Mercy is also the recipient of an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons and consecutive Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Awards from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. And, in recognition of the value it places on superior nursing care, Mercy has Pathway to Excellence® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Mercy provides comprehensive medical and surgical care and is a leader in minimally-invasive surgery, joint-replacement, orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, spine and neurosurgery, in-patient acute rehabilitation, diagnostic and interventional radiology, maternity and newborn services and women’s health.
