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Our patient rooms are grouped by medical specialties, such as surgery, medicine and obstetrics. Every effort is made to place you in the unit corresponding to your diagnosis.

Private rooms may be requested through the Department of Patient Access for an additional charge. Medical insurance does not usually cover the cost of a private room.

A remote control is available for you to call your nurse (known as a call button in the main hospital and pillow speaker in the Hospital Pavilion). When you press the button, the nursing staff is alerted, and a staff member will respond as soon as possible.

To provide our patients and visitors with a quieter environment, we are actively working to reduce noise levels throughout the hospital. Studies show that noise levels directly affect physical and mental healing. 

So that our patients receive needed rest, our staff makes every effort to keep noise levels to a minimum. We ask that you contribute by keeping conversations low, lowering TV and radio volumes, putting phones on silent or vibrate, and avoid congregating in hallways outside of patient rooms. 

Thank you for helping to make our hospital a better place for all.

For your safety, we ask that you stay in bed after you have been made comfortable for the night. Unfamiliar surroundings and medications may create a hazard if you get out of bed. For assistance during the night, use your call button/pillow speaker, and your nurse will help you.

All rooms, except those in the intensive care and psychiatric units, have bedside telephones that provide complimentary telephone service. If there is an issue with your telephone equipment or the service, please notify your nurse, nursing assistant or another staff member.

Stony Brook University has four major exchanges: 444, 632, 638 and 216. You may see abbreviated telephone numbers such as 4-1234 (444-1234), 2-1234 (632-1234), 8-1234 (638-1234) or 6-1234 (216-1234). When calling from a hospital phone, you need to dial only the last five digits of the number.

In-Hospital Telephone Directory of Hospital Services.

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Each room is equipped with a television. The hospital’s Patient Education channels provide health-related programming. Please talk to your healthcare provider to learn about the specific education that is right for you. Videos are available in English and Spanish.

Additional complimentary television services include regularly scheduled programs in Cablevision’s Family Cable package. If there is an issue with your television or the service, please notify your nurse, nursing assistant or another staff member.

See Television Channels. 

To connect to the guest wireless network SBMED-Guest as a patient/guest, follow the simple steps below using your wireless device:

1. Connect to the wireless network called SBMED-Guest.
2. Open your web browser and go to any non-secure site like or .
3. Your web session will be redirected to a captive portal. Click Patient and Guest Access.
4. If you have not registered within the past 72 hours, then you will need to register first for a free account. Click Patient and Guest Registration to begin.
5. Enter 1 + mobile phone number (example: 16315551234), then check the box to accept the terms of use. Click Register to continue.
   • Important: You will need to return to the webpage that shows up next in order to Login.
6. Check your mobile phone. You will receive an SMS text message with your account information:
   • 11-digit Username: (11-digit mobile phone number)
   • 4-digit Password: (good for 72 hours)
7. Go back to your wireless device, and on that same web page, click Patient and Guest Login.
8. Enter your 11-digit username (11-digit mobile phone number) and your password (4-digit password good for 72 hours), then click Login.
9. You should see the welcome page next. Click Agree to continue.

Note: If your browser does not redirect you to a welcome page, you may simply close this web session and continue.

You are now connected and you can connect up to 5 wireless devices using the same account information. Your password will be good for 72 hours. If you need to connect again after 72 hours, please register again to get a new password sent to you as an SMS text message.

Please Note: The hospital reserves the right to monitor Wi-Fi activity, filter content and otherwise control or prohibit usage for security purposes.

 If you misplace a personal item, please tell the nurse right away, and every effort will be made to locate it. The hospital’s Public Safety Department has a lost and found. Call (631) 444-2825, or 4-2825 from a hospital phone, to inquire about lost items.
 

Stony Brook University Hospital employs the use of a weapons detection system as part of a multi-layered approach to provide safety and security to patients, visitors and staff. 

Patients and visitors entering the facility will be directed to walk through the weapons detection system. We encourage visitors to limit the number of bags and belongings.