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See How Bergen County Hospitals Rank For Safety In America See How Bergen County Hospitals Rank For Safety In America
See How Bergen County Hospitals Rank For Safety In America Several hospitals across North Jersey were graded for safety by a hospital safety watchdog group. The Leapfrog Group released the Fall 2023 hospital grades on Tuesday, Dec. 5. An expert panel of doctors selects 22 evidence-based measures of patient safety to come up with grades for the nearly 3,000 hospitals and acute care centers nationwide. Click here for more on the methodology. Here's how hospitals in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Union, and Essex counties were graded for safety by the Leapfrog Group this year: A: Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Hackensack Meridian Hackensac…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Rolling Into Pascack's ER After Crash Rolling Into Pascack's ER After Crash
Rolling Into Pascack's ER After Crash An ambulance didn't have far to go after collecting a driver involved in a rollover in Westwood. Members of Westwood Fire Department Rescue 17 extricated the driver through the SUV's roof following the crash on Old Hook Road at Charles Street right outside the entrance/exit for Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center shortly before 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 24. The Township of Washington Volunteer Ambulance Corps brought the victim into the emergency room. There was no immediate word on possible summonses or charges or the extent of injuries.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Northvale Firefighters Free Two 22-Year-Olds Trapped By Live Wires In Utility Pole Crash Northvale Firefighters Free Two 22-Year-Olds Trapped By Live Wires In Utility Pole Crash
Northvale Firefighters Free Two 22-Year-Olds Trapped By Live Wires In Utility Pole Crash Northvale firefighters extricated two 22-year-old men from the area who avoided serious injury when their sedan slammed into a utility pole, shattering it and strewing live wires across the vehicle. The 2019 Acura was headed east on Paris Avenue near the Rockleigh border when it left the roadway and slammed into the pole around 10 p.m. Sunday, Police Chief Howard J. Ostrow said. Firefighters got the Westwood driver and his male Old Tappan passenger out safely, Ostrow said. An Orange & Rockland Utilities crew cleared the lines and pole, pieces of which had fallen in a driveway, the chie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Driver Flees After Hitting Bicyclist, 68, In Harrington Park SEE ANYTHING? Driver Flees After Hitting Bicyclist, 68, In Harrington Park
SEE Anything? Driver Flees After Hitting Bicyclist, 68, In Harrington Park A driver sped off after hitting a 68-year-old bicyclist Monday afternoon in Harrington Park, authorities said. The victim, from Hawthorne, was headed south on Livingstone Street at Closter Road -- between Norwood and Closter -- when he was struck shortly after 1 p.m., Police Chief Albert Maalouf said. The Harrington Park Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood, the chief said. Harrington Park police, meanwhile, were searching for the gray Hyundai Genesis, which fled south on Livingston Street, Malouf said. Anyone who witnessed th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Snapped Chain Smashes Palisades Parkway Supervisor In Head Snapped Chain Smashes Palisades Parkway Supervisor In Head
Snapped Chain Smashes Palisades Parkway Supervisor In Head A 62-year-old supervisor at the Palisades Interstate Parkway maintenance yard was hospitalized Wednesday after a chain snapped and hit him in the head. The supervisor was working on a car when the mishap occurred at the Alpine facility just off off Route 9W around 11 a.m., responders said. He didn’t lose consciousness but was bleeding from a head wound, they said. The Closter Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Corps took him to Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood to be examined.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Norwood Boy, 8, Injured When Bicycle Rams Pickup Truck Norwood Boy, 8, Injured When Bicycle Rams Pickup Truck
Norwood Boy, 8, Injured When Bicycle Rams Pickup Truck An 8-year-old Norwood boy was banged up Tuesday afternoon when he crashed his bicycle into a pickup truck, authorities said. The boy went through stop sign and broadsided the truck at Norwood Place and High Street around 3 p.m., Police Chief Jeff Krapels said. “He took one hell of a shot,” Krapels said. The youngster had assorted scratches, bumps and bruises but didn’t lose consciousness, the chief said. He was taken to Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood with his mother to be evaluated, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco