Share This Press Release
LONG ISLAND FIREFIGHTER WITH LIFE-THREATENING, FLESH-EATING BACTERIA TO BE RELEASED FROM NUMC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 28, 2012
PRESS CONTACT:
Shelley Lotenberg
shelley@numc.edu
516-572-6055
MEDIA ADVISORY
LONG ISLAND FIREFIGHTER WITH LIFE-THREATENING,
FLESH-EATING BACTERIA TO BE RELEASED FROM NUMC
MEDICAL TEAM TO REPORT PATIENT’S CONDITION
TODAY AT PRESS CONFERENCE AT NUMC
EAST MEADOW, NY – Louis Riina, MD, associate director of the burn center at the Nassau University Medical Center will join with clinical staff from NUMC, after saving the life of a local volunteer firefighter suffering from ''Necrotizing Fasciitis,'' a rare, life-threatening, flesh-eating bacteria, in a press conference on Friday, September 28, 2012 at 12 pm at Nassau University Medical Center, 2201 Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow, NY. Dr. Riina and the medical team will issue a full report on Ralph Lettieri’s condition before his discharge today, after a two month stay at NUMC. The patient will be speaking out after the rare and dangerous bacteria began eating away at him in mid-July.
*** Interviews available with Long Island volunteer firefighter who survived flesh-eating bacterial infection ***
WHERE: Nassau University Medical Center/Burn Center – 6TH Floor
2201 Hempstead Turnpike
East Meadow, NY
WHEN: Friday, September 28, 2012 at 12:00 PM
ABOUT NUHEALTH
NuHealth is a Long Island health care organization delivering essential medical care and disease and lifestyle management to everyone at every stage of life. Also known as Nassau Health Care Corporation, NuHealth is a public benefit corporation managing the operations of Nassau Medical Center, A. Holly Patterson Extended Care and a network of Family Health Centers that bring primary and specialty care out into the community. By emphasizing wellness, cultural sensitivity and collaborative efforts with the North Shore-LIJ Health System, NuHealth is working to make good care more affordable and easier to access.
For more information about NuHealth or its Centers of Care, visit www.nuhealth.net.
Follow Us Via
 |
 |
 |