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Flushing Hospital Press Releases

11-11-05
Flushing Hospital Offers Free Smoking Cessation Program
Just in time for The Great American Smokeout®, Flushing Hospital will now be distributing nicotine patches and offering a Smoking Cessation Counseling Group as a free community service to those interested in combating smoking.

5-1-04
Flushing Hospital Offering Free Stroke Screenings in May
Are you in danger of having a stroke? Changing lifestyle habits can lower your risk for two deadly diseases

2-20-04

The MediSys Health Network is now offering a new, minimally-invasive, pain-free alternative for women seeking a form of permanent birth control.

1-26-04

Flushing Hospital Offers Education to Expectant Parents

Flushing Hospital Medical Center is offering Lamas classes for expectant mothers and their partners.

9-15-03
Best Doctors Chosen by New York Magazine
New York Magazine recently chose nine doctors from the MediSys Health Network for its list of best doctors in NYC, 2003.

7-27-03
Flushing Hosts West Nile and SARS Conference
Flushing Hospital Medical Center was host to a major symposium entitled "West Nile, SARS & Beyond; The threat of newly emerging infectious diseases" on Thursday, July 24 featuring nationally recognized speakers on this most important and timely subject.

7-2-03
Flushing Hospital's Caring Award Dinner
The Flushing Hospital Medical Center Community Advisory Board’s Caring Award Committee presented this year’s Caring Award to two outstanding women in the community: Mrs. Jane Ai-Horng and Ms. Marilyn Bitterman.

7-1-03
Flushing Hospital Offers New Translation Service
Realizing the diverse areas that Flushing Hospital serves, we have taken the initiative to use an easy and effective way of interacting with patients. By partnering with CyraCom International to bring DiaLingual service to the hospitals, Flushing Hospital employees have the ability to access qualified interpreters with a strong knowledge of medical terminology twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.

5-15--3
Medisys creates Smallpox Vaccination Response Teams
These smallpox response teams will care for the first suspected of confirmed patients if a smallpox outbreak occurred and until other hospital workers could be vaccinated.

2-4-02
MediSys Health Network Appoints New General Counse
The MediSys Health Network has appointed Margaret M. Johnson, Esq. as General Counsel announced Network President and CEO, David P. Rosen. She will continue to serve as Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, a position she has held since 1995....

1-11-02
Asian Behavioral Clinic
Fully aware of the community that surrounds them, Flushing Hospital Medical Center's Department of Psychiatry officially opened its Asian Behavioral Clinic on January 1, 2002....

11-02-01
Flushing Hospital Doctor Writes Children's Book
For most doctors, writing is limited to those hard-to-read prescriptions that they hand their patients. That is why the recent accomplishment of one clinician at Flushing Hospital is so extraordinary....

8-8-01
Bike Medics Now Offer EMS Service in Flushing
No, that wasn't the Tour De France making its way through Downtown Flushing this past weekend. It was the new Bike Medics, hired by Flushing Hospital to help ensure the safety and healthcare of the community....

12-12-00
Flushing Hospital Opens New Alcohol Outpatient Hospital Clinic
Alcoholism is one of the largest growing problems in New York. The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services estimate that approximately 525,000 adults in New York City are problem drinkers. Realizing this growing problem and the limited treatment centers available in the area, Flushing Hospital Medical Center recently opened its Alcohol Outpatient Clinic for those who suffer from alcoholism and substance abuse....

11-05-98
Flushing Hospital Opens First Infant Apnea Management Program
Flushing Hospital Medical almost was forced to close its doors forever a few years ago, but luckily the hospital was given a new breath of new life. The fact that the hospital remains open means the continued existence of many services that the hospital provides to the community. One of the services also knows a thing or two about providing breaths of life....