West Islip, NY – A team from Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center’s Maternal Child Unit was nominated and awarded the Childbirth Nursing Award from Johnson & Johnson.

A grateful patient used an online application from the J & J website to praise the Good Samaritan team who were involved with the labor and delivery of her newborn.

Welcoming a new baby into the world is one of life’s most joyous events. Good Samaritan shares in this special time with more than 3,000 maternity patients.The hospital’s maternity program, BirthPlace, is becoming the hospital of choice for the region’s maternity patients. The hands on care provided by the nursing teams in the unit and the round-the-clock presence of neonatologists bring together the necessary human and technological resources to provide expert care to women giving birth.

For more information on Good Samaritan’s Maternal Child Unit, please call (631) 376-4444.

Photo: Maternal Child Unit Team winners of the Johnson & Johnson Childbirth Nursing Award

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Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center is a 537-bed (including 100 nursing home beds), voluntary, not-for-profit hospital located in West Islip. The Medical Center, which has 4,000 employees and more than 700 physicians on staff, had 29,000 patient admissions and more than 85,800 emergency room visits in 2006. Good Samaritan is a member of Catholic Health Services of Long Island. Visit our website at www.good-samaritan-hospital.org.

Good Samaritan provides approximately $20 million in community service and charity care each year. The Medical Center supplies residents with the tools necessary to maintain good health. This includes community lectures, screenings, health fairs and other community programs and services.