PORT JEFFERSON, NY ― Mather Hospital has completed an extensive renovation of its 2 South Oncology and Medical/Surgical Unit, designed to provide an exceptional healing environment for patients. Opened in 1973, the 2 South patient care unit, which primarily treats cancer patients, was designed with double-bedded rooms. Most patients today prefer single-bedded rooms and research…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY ― Mather Hospital marked its 90th anniversary on Dec. 29 with memories from patients and staff, an historic photo display and events for employees. The hospital was founded in 1929 through a bequest in the will of Port Jefferson Shipbuilder John T. Mather to “Incorporate under the laws of the State of…
Jeanine Morelli, an active 41-year-old mother of two, had sudden, severe back pain. When she started to experience excruciating pain down her left leg, she knew something wasn’t right. After multiple trips to her doctor and then a visit to Mather Hospital’s Emergency Room, she was referred to the Hospital’s Back & Neck Pain Center.…
Mather Hospital operates its programs and services without regard to race, color, and national origin, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Mather Hospital also operates it programs and services to accommodate persons with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Any person who believes they are subject…
Mather Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.
When Barry Gilmore’s wife first told him about Mather Hospital’s Lung Cancer Screening Program, he didn’t want to go. Barry, 71, is a smoker whose father died of lung cancer at 62. His mother passed away from COPD. And although he had quit smoking for 12 years, he slipped back into it after his mother…
Working in construction for 40 years as a union electrician, Arnaldo Ortiz was used to having back pain. “Sometimes it would get better and sometimes it would get worse,” he said. He tried different types of treatment but nothing helped. He read about the Back & Neck Pain Center seminar at Mather Hospital and decided…
“I felt a lump in my left breast for two years. I was tested and when the results came back my gynecologist said I want you to see this surgeon, Dr. (Randall) Schrager,” said Jacqueline Guagliano of Farmingville. “This was in April 2003. My doctor said, yes, it’s cancer. I’ll never forget – my whole…