(West Islip, NY) Bay Shore middle-school student Erin Dunn turned a difficult experience into a fortunate one for patients in Good Samaritan Hospital’s pediatric unit.
She has been fundraising by selling cupcakes, lemonade and hand-made bracelets raising more than $1,200 to purchase iPads for use by Good Samaritan pediatric patients to stay connected with family and relax before procedures. Erin wished she could have communicated more with her mom, Karen, who was hospitalized in Florida while Erin was sent home to recover in Good Sam following a car accident.
Pictured (L-R): The Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Vice Chairperson Aileen Eppig, Good Samaritan Hospital Director of the Child Life Program Joan Alpers, Erin Dunn, Good Samaritan Hospital’s Chair of Pediatrics Catherine Caronia, MD, The Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Secretary Terese Weber and Good Samaritan Hospital Senior Vice President of Administration Joseph Loiacono.
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.
