City Pushes SNCH for Medical Center Update

Five months have passed since South Nassau Communities Hospital acquired the Long Beach Medical Center and city officials are pushing for updates on their progress.

The Long Beach City Council sent a letter Wednesday to SNCH CEO Richard Murphy urging him to provide updates and to express their concerns.

“…we are strongly urging you to schedule a series of public forums to be held in Long Beach as soon as possible, in order to share information with out residents, allowing them to express their needs, concerns and desires for the new facility,” they wrote.

Furthermore, the letter stated that the council threw their support behind the use of federal funding for a new facility.

“…we believe that it is imperative that all of the 154 million dollars provided through FEMA goes directly to the construction of the fugue facility to be built in Long Beach due to the unique geographical constraints of our barrier island.”

Read the full letter here.

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