Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center's emergency department begins 24-hour coverage starting July 7

[July 2008] The Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center (YNHSMC) emergency department began 24-hour service starting today, July 7. The YNHSMC opened in July 2004, and through the increase in demand for services, the emergency department will expand to 24-hour care.

"We are pleased to offer 24-hour high quality medical care through our emergency department beginning July 7," said Harry Moscovitz, M.D., medical director, YNHSMC. "The increased demand for high-quality medical services that our emergency department provides to the shoreline communities has led us to take the steps necessary to ensure our commitment to this community extends to meet their ever growing needs."

YNHSMC offers ambulatory surgery to pre-admission services, laboratory and blood work services, radiology, nuclear medicine and health education programs. The facility also includes three surgical operating rooms, two endoscopy suites, radiation therapy for cancer patients, MRI and CT scan capabilities along with myriad exam and post-anesthesia recovery rooms, as well as physician offices and a nutritionist.

YNHSMC is located at 111 Goose Lane in Guilford, exit 59 off I-95.

The Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center is affiliated with Yale-New Haven Hospital, a 944-bed not-for-profit hospital which serves as the primary teaching hospital of the Yale University School of Medicine. The state-of-the-art 80,000 square foot facility makes the high-quality ambulatory care, for which Yale-New Haven has long been known, easily accessible to Shoreline residents. In addition to the emergency department, operating rooms, endoscopy suites, radiation therapy and diagnostic imagine, the center houses a number of independent physician practices. Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center is located off of Exit 59 on I-95 in Guilford, CT. See www.ynhh.org/shoreline for additional information.