Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital Breaks Ground On Expansion

OCEANSIDE, NY — To provide better service for patients, Mount Sinai South Nassau broke ground on a $130 million expansion project.

The new four-story addition to the emergency department will double capacity with 40 more critical care beds, the hospital announced.

The hospital's 100,000 square-foot J Wing is at the cornerstone of South Nassau's $400 million capital expansion project. The new building is expected to be completed in 2023.

"Every day, our world-class experts are finding new answers to the most challenging health problems, creating greater access to advance medicine and scientific breakthroughs, growing programs locally, and making important investments like this one, that better serve this community and improves overall health and outcomes for patients," Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO of Mount Sinai Health System, said in a statement.

Funds secured from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2015 to restore health care in Long Beach and expand services across Nassau’s South Shore will be used in part to construct the J Wing, the hospital said.

The expansion work includes nine additional operating suites, allowing state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment to be located directly in the operating rooms.