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Southampton Hospital Merger With Stony Brook Medicine Is Made Official On Tuesday

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Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. JEN NEWMAN

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. JEN NEWMAN

On the right, Alex Alford, 10, holds a crab during the East Quogue Elementary Ocean Explorers Camp. CAROL MORAN

On the right, Alex Alford, 10, holds a crab during the East Quogue Elementary Ocean Explorers Camp. CAROL MORAN

author on Aug 1, 2017
After nearly a decade of discussion and review, Southampton Hospital officially became part of the Stony Brook Medicine health care system on Tuesday, although hospital officials have stated that the... more

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