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Action by the Suffolk ^-1 4 v :_ I _ J 1.1 A lAJiuuy ijegiMtt iux e uitx i would approve a loan of $552 , 034 for a new Emergency Room at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center could be taken in the coming week and clear the way for the start of con- struction by the first of the year. The need to relieve the present facility which cares for more than 41 , 000 patients a year has been certified by all state and county health agencies con- cerned with hospital expansion requests. Application to rebuild the present area was begun formally three years ago by the 350-bed community-supported hospital. That application has now moved through all necessary steps including approval by the Suffolk County Health Facilities Commission . In those three years , hospital offi ce s have met the ever- increasing demand for Emergency Room services by making band-aid improvements. Lack of money has frustrated plans for a separate pediatric emergency service and to end the \ standing room only \ conditions that exist on many evenings and weekends. Efforts to create privacy for patients being in- terviewed by triage nurses have suffered due to lack of space . A new facility , according to Francis G Fosmire , executive vice ^residen t of the hospital would end these unpleasant aspects of Emergency Room service and speed the treatment and care for which non -urgen t patients may now wait two hours or longer . Tryin g to explain why the waiting period is necessary involves the time of nurses who now have the support of an ombudsman or pa tient advocate who assists with non-medical problems. Plans for a reconstructed Emergency Room call for a new entrance that would ac- commodate ambulances on one side and provide a separate entry for ambulatory patients. A proper heliport to the nor- thside of the hospital will give exclusive access for police and other emergency units who come in by helicopter from the beach areas or from other medical centers to admit or transfer natifntj; Thp nrpspnt nari i«; » _ j I _ currently part of a driveway. (continued on page 20) Em e rgency Room $$ may be near Ca rney trounces Randol p h to lead Suffolk Republicans Suburban town , in itiative o kaye d WEARING THE SMILE of victory i s Suffolk Legislator William Carney of Haup- pauge. The Conservative-Republican was a landslid e victor over Democratic Brookhaven Supervisor John F. Randolph in the First Congressional District. WE DID IT , Assembl yman I. William Bianchi , Jr., (right) tells his father , I. William , Sr., following Tuesday ' s victory. Bianchi, a Democrat , was elected to a fourth term from the Third Assembl y District , defeating Republican-Conservative Jason Allen. Although Perry B. Duryea failed in his bid to become governor , back in his home county his Republican Party did well in Tuesday ' s election . \The Republican Party is back where it belongs , \ Suffolk GOP Chairman Gilbert C. Hanse proclaimed , as the \leading party in Suffolk County. \ Despite carrying Nassau and Suffolk , Assemblyman Duryea lost the guber- natorial race to incumbent Democratic Gov. Hugh Carey . The only state-wide Republican victor was Erie County Executive Edward V. Reagan who upset New York Ci ty Comp- troller Harrison Goldin in the race for state comptroller . As expected , Bronx Borough President Robert Abrams , a Democrat , was vic- torious over Republican-Conservative Michael Roth of Rye. Conservative William Carney , running with GOP support , defeated Brookhaven Town Supervisor John Randol ph , a Democrat , to replace retiring Democrat Otis G. Pike in Congress. \There will never be a person who will regret having elected me , \ Mr , Carney, a county legislator from Hauppauge , tol d cheering backers. \It is a tremendous moment for Bill Carney and a tremendous moment for the Conservative Party ..an historic moment\ which will send the first Conservative to the House of Represen- tatives Unofficial returns tabulated at the county Board of Elections in Yaphank early Wednesday, showed Mr Carney with 72 , 286 votes on the GOP line , 14 ,216 on the Conservative line to Mr Randolph' s 64 ,132. A Liberal. Dorothy Samek of Patchogue , who did not actively cam- paign , drew 2 , 739 votes Randolp h lost all of the nine towns in the district Perhaps his most shocking loss came in his home town of Brookhaven where Carney beat him by more than 8 , 000 votes Randolph did , however , take Patchogue Village , a traditional Democratic stronghol d by a wide margin , losing only m the 23rd Election District Republican John Behan was elected to the State Assembly over Democrat John Donohue in the 1st A.D , to fill Mr Duryea ' s seat The vote was 31 , 959 to 21 , 274 The GOP made a gain as Tom Rettahata bested incumben t Democrat Mary Rose McGee in the 8th AD , Lou Howard , a Republican county legislator , won the spot of departing GOP Assem- blyman William Burns in the 9th A D. and (con tinued on , page 20)
