1. Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
City: West Islip, NY
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (631) 376-3000
Address: 1000 Montauk Hwy.
Description: This 537-bed facility includes 100 nursing home beds and is a not-for-profit, full-service hospital that caters to the medical needs of the community. It celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009. Each year the hospital provides about $20 million worth of community service and charity care. In total, the hospital cares for about 30,000 patients annually. Good Samaritan employs 4,400 people, including a medical staff of 830 and a nursing staff of 1,200. In 2008 the hospital treated 95,424 patients in its emergency room and performed almost 15,900 same-day surgeries