NewsFinal hearing on reopening of Pascack Valley Hospital postponedThe Record The final hearing about Hackensack University Medical Center’s plan to reopen Pascack Valley Hospital has been postponed for several weeks. (more…) Push for Pascack hospital is politicalNorthjersey.com To say the movement to open a new hospital on the site of the closed Pascack Valley Hospital is not about politics is naïve. (more…) Englewood, Valley continue objections to site’s openingNorthern Valley Surbanite Supporters of a proposal to reopen a hospital in Westwood voiced their desire at a hearing held Oct. 19 by state officials. Representatives from other local hospitals, however, are concerned that the return of a hospital to the former Pascack Valley Hospital site would lower the quality of existing facilities in the area. Englewood Hospital and Medical Center and Valley Hospital in Ridgewood have been vocal in lobbying against the efforts of Hackensack University Medical Center to reopen Pascack Valley Hospital with the help of a for-profit company. Pascack hospital battle to get airingThe Record Opponents of the proposal to reopen the former Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood launched an eleventh-hour salvo to block the project Tuesday, as both sides prepared for a public hearing tonight in Bergen County‘s epic health care battle. (more…) Valley, Englewood hospitals present last stand as Pascack Valley battle heads to hearingNJ Biz On the eve of a Health Department hearing on Hackensack University Medical Center’s plan to reopen the former Pascack Valley Hospital, in Westwood, opponents on Tuesday released new studies they commissioned that support their argument that Bergen County has excess hospital beds and reopening the hospital will divert hundreds of patients and millions in revenue from Valley Hospital, in Ridgewood, and Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. (more…) Battle over N.J. hospitalWall Street Journal A plan to resurrect a shuttered New Jersey hospital—potentially the first such facility to re-open after two decades of closures in the state—is drawing fire from competing medical centers that say it would weaken health care in the region. (more…) Opponents file dozens of documents in bid to block Pascack Valley’s reopeningNJ Biz With state Health Commissioner Mary E. O’Dowd expected to decide next month whether Pascack Valley Hospital, in Westwood, should be reopened by Hackensack University Medical Center, opponents on Friday released dozens of documents and a lengthy statement arguing there is no need for the facility’s 128 additional hospital beds, which they say will harm Bergen County hospitals that are now stronger financially in the wake of Pascack’s 2007 closure. (more…) Public hearing on hospital set for Wednesday, Oct. 19PASCACK VALLEY COMMUNITY LIFE The application to reopen the old Pascack Valley Hospital was deemed complete last week by the state and a public hearing was scheduled for Oct. 19. (more…) Englewood hospital wants a public hearing in Englewood on reopening Pascack Valley HospitalTHE RECORD Leaders of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center are calling for a public hearing in Englewood over whether Pascack Valley Hospital should be reopened. (more…) |
