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Hackensack Meridian's New Coronavirus Test Reduces Wait Time From Days To Hours
Hackensack Meridian Health has created a test that health officials say could save patients days of waiting for test results and help control the spread of coronavirus. Approved by the state's health department, the rapid response test will create a more effective triage system in hospitals and potentially better control the spread of coronavirus -- specifically reducing wait time from days to just hours, officials said. “We believe our test could make the difference in stemming outbreaks,” said David S. Perlin, Ph.D., the chief scientific officer and senior vice president of the …
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Bergen County Man Is NJ's First Presumed Case Of Coronavirus
New Jersey's first presumed coronavirus patient is being hospitalized at Hackensack University Medical Center, authorities confirmed. The 32-year-old Fort Lee man has been hospitalized since Tuesday following what state officials said is a "presumptive positive result" of the coronavirus, or COVID-19. The case was first confirmed to staffers in an email from Daniel W. Varga, chief physician executive of Hackensack Meridian Health, which operates HUMC (below). The email confirming the coronavirus case at HUMC.Hackensack Meridian Health The positive test result came from one conducted in…
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320 EMS Workers Will Lose Their Jobs When Monmouth Ocean Hospital Services Folds
A major Emergency Medical Services company in Wall Township will begin shutting down after 42 years of operation on April 1. The shutdown of Monmouth Ocean Hospital Services Corp. (MONOC) affects 320 employees, according to this W.A.R.N. notice issued by the state Department of Labor. MONOC, a non-profit company and healthcare co-operative, provides ambulance and other services to 13 acute care hospitals in New Jersey. In a Jan. 23 letter to company workers, Jeff Behm, MONOC's president and CEO, said the company was closing due to “a challenging financial environm…
Police & Fire
Undercover Crossers: That Pedestrian You Don’t Stop For In Rochelle Park Could Be Police
Rochelle Park police aim to reduce the number of pedestrians struck by vehicles by crossing busy streets themselves – in plain clothes. The undercover street-crossers aren't looking only for motorists who fail to yield during the 60-day educational campaign that began on Wednesday. They’re also targeting jaywalkers and pedestrians who don’t cross streets safely – while also enforcing bicycle helmet safety. “Regrettably, since January 2019, Rochelle Park has experienced several serious collisions involving pedestrians,” Police Chief Robert Flannelly said. In one instance, an SUV struck an…
Police & Fire
Construction Worker Collapses On 4th-Floor Scaffold Outside
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Firefighters, construction workers and staff at Hackensack University Medical Center teamed up to get a worker who’d suffered a medical episode on a scaffold 50 feet above the street inside the building Tuesday morning, responders said. The 30-something worker had been doing heating and ventilation work on the Second Street side of HUMC around 11 a.m. when a co-worker “saw him slouched over, not breathing, and began CPR,” Police Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Hackensack Volunteer Ambulance Corps who climbed the scaffolding with firefighters continued resuscitation efforts, ci…
Neighbors
Bloomfield High Senior Accepted To 15 Schools, Including Princeton
This can be a tense time of year for college-bound high school seniors, who are now learning where they’ve been accepted, where they’ve been wait-listed and which schools simply wished them well in their future endeavors. Emmanuel Odekunle of Bloomfield has a lot to think about too -- such as deciding which of the more than one dozen schools where he’s been accepted he’s going to attend. “As of this moment, I have not yet made a decision as to which university I will be attending,” the senior at Bloomfield High School said in an interview late last week. “God will direct us on the best one…
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Psychiatric Treatment Facility Coming To Bergen County As Part Of Unique Hospital Merger
New Jersey's largest health network and mental health facility officially joined forces Thursday finalizing plans for several new addiction centers -- including an inpatient treatment facility in Bergen County. The Hackensack Meridian Health and Carrier Clinic merger will establish New Jersey's first behavioral health urgent care centers as early as next year. About half the increase in emergency room visits in New Jersey were related to patients’ behavioral health issues. The state is facing an opioid epidemic that is on target to claim 3,000 lives this year, up from 2,200 lives in 2016. B…
Neighbors
Down Syndrome Wiffle Ball Fundraiser Honors River Edge Man's Late Friend
Paul Bruno may live in River Edge, but the plumbing contractor's hometown ties are strong: On Saturday, a wiffle ball tournament he organized will raise money for the Judy Center for Down Syndrome at Hackensack University Medical Center in honor of a special man he knew while growing up in West New York. Many affectionately called Alejandro “Bolo” Carreno “the mayor of Miller Park.” And although doctors said he likely wouldn’t survive his teens, Carreno reached 60 before he died in May 2017. "Bolo" was a major presence in town for three decades -- particularly when it involved spo…
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Fort Lee Chemistry Teacher Harassed Student With Sickle Cell Anemia: Lawsuit
The Fort Lee Board of Education is facing a lawsuit from a student's mom alleging her daughter was harassed by her high school chemistry teacher after correcting her lesson about sickle cell anemia, which she was diagnosed with. The civil complaint last month in Hackensack Superior Court by Tyrene Gibson says Suzanne Keefe bullied student "AGT" (Gibson's daughter) and the district failed to investigate the complaints. AGT transferred to Paramus Catholic High school where she is a rising senior. Gibson told Daily Voice that the district violated her daughter's rights under New Jer…
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‘I Finally Get To Be A Kid Again,' Says Cancer Patient Cured By
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's New Treatment
Olivia Viscogliosi is a curious, outgoing and very active three-year-old. But, earlier this year, her parents were concerned about her future. At the age of two, Olivia of Harrison, N.Y. was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia , a rare form of the disease. “There was a time when Olivia had a lot going on and we were constantly watching every single tiny movement she would make and constantly worrying about the next thing that was going to happen or complication with her illness,” said Dory Viscogliosi, Olivia’s mother. “She is so energetic now. We have a three-year-old who like…
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One Of
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's Youngest Kidney Transplant Recipients Ever Readies For Pre-K
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- When Marianny Hilario of Paterson was pregnant, her doctor told her there was a problem with her unborn son. The physician "recognized that his kidneys weren’t forming as they should,” she said. Born at 37 weeks, Kyle Lugo spent three months in neo-natal intensive care. Just weeks ago, he became one of the youngest patients ever to undergo a kidney transplant at Hackensack University Medical Center. When Kyle was a year old, he was referred to Dr. Kenneth Lieberman, chief of Pediatric Nephrology at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack Meridian H…
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