(West Islip, NY) The multidisciplinary team of the St. Francis Open Heart Surgery Program at Good Samaritan Hospital received a special blessing, prayers offered for doctors, nurses and other staff members as they prepared for the program’s first patients. At the “Blessing of the Hands” event, chaplains blessed the hands of healers.
Blessing of the Hands
Good Samaritan has appointed Christopher La Mendola, MD, Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of the Open Heart Surgery Program along with his colleague, Maksimus Rovensky, MD, to lead the team that includes experienced registered nurses, mid-level professionals, anesthesiologists, perfusionists, technologists, and others in bringing the unparalleled open heart surgery care for which St. Francis Hospital, the Heart Center,® is known to patients from throughout Suffolk County.
“Thank you for this special blessing today, said Dr. La Mendola.” “Like the mission of Good Samaritan, physicians are obligated to promote excellence in care and commit to the sick.”
For more information on Good Samaritan Hospital’s cardiac services, please call (631) 376-4444.
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 3,500 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.
