New York Hospital Reopens Dialysis Center, Earns Grant

OCEANSIDE, N.Y. — The Outpatient Dialysis Center (OPD) at South Nassau Communities Hospital (SNCH) in Oceanside reopened to patients on April 15.

Hurricane Sandy seriously impacted the OPD last October, leaving much of its interior and medical equipment destroyed. The 10,000-square-foot facility has been under construction since, but was refinished to match its pre-Sandy floor plan in just five months.

With offices in Richmond, Va., KLMK Group, a provider of health care planning and facility-related advisory solutions, worked with SNCH during planning, renovation and occupancy of the OPD. The company developed and maintained a project schedule and budget in collaboration with a project team of designers, contractors and SNCH users.

“KLMK could not be more honored to be on the OPD project team. It has been very inspirational watching the community come together in support of one another during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. It has truly been a pleasure to work with the South Nassau team during this renovation project,” said Bill McMahon, president and COO of KLMK, in a statement.

Earlier this year, SNCH received a grant of $303,187 from the New York State Department of Health under its Doctors Across New York Ambulatory Care Training program. The program helps train and place physicians in underserved communities to help support the state’s diverse population.

SNCH was one of 17 hospitals to be awarded funding from the program. The funding will be used to enhance opportunities for training medical residents and educating medical students in non-hospital-based ambulatory care sites, which are the most common settings that primary care providers will work in throughout their career.

The SNCH’s residency program has graduated almost 150 residents. “This grant will help our residency program fulfill its mission to train and prepare the next generation of physicians to meet the health care needs of their patients,” said Samuel Sandowski, MD, director of the Family Practice Residency Program, in a statement.