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Hospital Cheers Emergency Annex Donors

Thu, 05/05/2022 - 10:20
At a donor appreciation event at the future site of the Stony Brook Medicine East Hampton Emergency annex on Saturday, Henry Murray of the East Hampton Healthcare Foundation handed over a check for more than $1.75 million to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s chief administrative officer, Robert Chaloner.
Durell Godfrey

A ceremonial groundbreaking and donor appreciation event for Stony Brook University Hospital’s new emergency center here was held on Saturday at Pantigo Place in East Hampton.

The event celebrated the raising of $38 million to date toward the center’s construction. It is to open in late 2023 and operate under the Stony Brook Medicine health care system, which includes Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, and Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital.

The approximately 22,000-square-foot center will provide cardiac monitoring capability in every exam room, dedicated rooms for advanced imaging, fast-track treatment rooms for general, pediatric, obstetrics/gynecology, and ophthalmology patients, an on-site ambulance for hospital transport, two isolation rooms, and a resuscitation room. The building will feature rooftop solar panels, a rain-catch garden, and native plantings to reduce environmental impact.

On Tuesday, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc, noting that the center has “been in the works for a long, long time,” praised Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., State Senator Anthony Palumbo, and former State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle Jr. for directing a $10 million New York State grant to Stony Brook University toward the project. He also referred to “extremely significant donations” from members of the community, some of them new arrivals.

“I’m pleased to say we are at this stage,” he said, “and look forward to construction in earnest.”

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