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North Shore hospital earns high state rank
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U.S. News & World Report names four local hospitals in NY top 10 BY T E R I W EST North Hempstead’s hospitals are among the best in the state, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2019 rankings. North Shore University Hospital, NYU Winthrop Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and St. Francis Hospital all scored in the top 10 for New York, ranking fourth, seventh, eighth and ninth respectively. All four also earned national rankings for some of the 16 categories U.S. News & World Report evaluates, ranging from orthopedics to geriatrics. Manhasset’s North Shore University Hospital earned the most national rankings: nine. In four of those specialty areas it was named in the top 30. It ranked 11th in the nation for orthopedics, 15th for cardiology and heart surgery, 20th for cardiology and heart surgery and 21st for pulmonology and lung surgery.
Northwell Health operates both North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center. The network earned a total of 23 national rankings at five hospitals. “The 23 national rankings achieved by Northwell hospitals reaffirm the extraordinary talent, commitment and dedication of our clinical teams across the region, whose hard work, patient-focused care and superior outcomes distinguish Northwell as a destination of choice among consumers,” Northwell Health President and CEO Michael Dowling said in a news release. NYU Winthrop Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center both earned six national rankings. St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn earned three. “Nearly 10 years ago, we committed to achieve national prominence for Winthrop, now NYU Winthrop Hospital,” NYU Continued on Page 83
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST OF PORT WASHINGTON
Robert McCallin participated in the Port Washington-Manhasset Kayak Run on Saturday.
No consensus on cell node designs in F. Hill BY J ES S I C A PA R K S Flower Hill residents were unable to reach a consensus Tuesday about how they would like the 18 proposed cell nodes
in their village to look. The applicant ExteNet, a cellular infrastructure provider, hosted a design forum at Vincent Smith School along with CityPole, an engineering firm based in Colorado that has de-
signed decorative poles to host cell nodes across the country. ExteNet is applying to construct infrastructure to be used to optimize Verizon’s 4G LTE network. Continued on Page 83
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