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New Year, Old Rules: These NJ Hospitals Are Bringing Back Mask Requirements
As COVID-19, RSV, and the flu continue to spread after the holidays, some healthcare systems are bringing back mask requirements. Inspira Health Network said as of Thursday, Jan. 4, it will mandate masks in its facilities "due to an increase in respiratory virus positivity rates throughout the area." Inspira Health has hospitals, urgent care clinics, and other medical facilities across South Jersey. 🚨Effective Thursday, January 4, Inspira Health is implementing mandatory masking in our facilities due to an increase in respiratory virus positivity rates throughout the area.🚨 Posted by In…
Police & Fire
Unconscious Man, 35, Dies Outside Summit Train Station: Police
A 35-year-old man died at a train station in Summit overnight, authorities said. The Summit man was found unconscious at the bus stop outside the station around 2:50 a.m. Friday, August 12, Summit Police said. Officers immediately began performing CPR and administering Narcan on the man, who was later pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The man’s official cause of death was pending an autopsy but did not seem to involve foul play, police said. His identity was not released. Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad and Atlantic Health System paramedics also assisted at the scene. …
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Franklin Lakes Lawyer, His Doc Say Drug Touted By Trump Was Game Changer In
Covid-
19 Recovery
Billy Saracino of Franklin Lakes believes a major dose of Hydroxychloriquine, the anti-malarial drug touted by President Trump in fighting coronavirus, may be what saved him. His doctor Robert Bock agrees, and says he's had incredible success in using Hydroxychloriquine to treat his other patients. However, Bock recognizes that the drug comes with a host of side effects that can be fatal if not for proper administration and supervision. A dosage of Hydroxychloriquine as soon as a patient's condition worsens, and co-presence of the antibiotic Zithromax are also ke…
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Covid-
19: Here's Where You Can Get Tested In North Jersey
As expected, the number of coronavirus cases has increased with the opening of testing sites across New Jersey. And that number is only going to increase, Gov. Phil Murphy said. "As the testing regime expands, we’re going to see these numbers go up in a big way," he said. "We are getting a clearer and better sense of how far the coronavirus has already spread.” Here's a list of coronavirus testing sites in New Jersey: Officials are urging New Jersey residents to keep these testing sites open to those who need it saying that if you feel okay, stay home and rest. You'll need state ID…
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NJ's Largest Health Care System Treating 1,400 Coronavirus Patients Desperate For PPE, Staff
Hackensack Meridian Health is in dire need of PPE and staff -- and things are going to get worse, CEO Robert Garrett said in an interview with FOX News. With more than 400 frontline caregivers out on quarantine, HMH is "starting at a deficit," Garrett said in preparing for the surge of COVID-19 cases in three to six weeks. There were more than 11,100 known coronavirus cases in New Jersey including 140 deaths as of Saturday. The system as of Saturday was caring for more than 1,400 coronavirus patients -- a third of them in the ICU and 300 on ventilators, Garrett said. HMH is hop…
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Drive-Thru Coronavirus Testing Center Coming To County College Of Morris
A drive-thru coronavirus testing center is coming to the County College of Morris in Randolph. Tents are going up at the Center Grove Road school, where only people with prescriptions from health care providers for testing will be served. This will be the second testing center in Morris County. The first opened Wednesday at Morristown Medical Center, where only people with prescriptions from Atlantic Health Systems physicians are being tested. Run by Atlantic Health System, the new testing facility's opening is contingent on the receipt of necessary medical equipment from the state. …
Police & Fire
Man Falls 14 Feet Down Butler Elevator Shaft Helping Person With Hand Stuck In Doors
A 59-year-old man remained in critical but stable condition Monday after falling through an elevator shaft in a Butler building while helping a person who had their hands stuck in the doors, authorities said. The man fell through a shaft at 10 Park Place after trying to open the elevator door for a person who had their hand stuck around 10:55 p.m. Saturday, Butler police Lt. Michael Moeller said. When the good Samaritan opened the door, he stepped back and fell down the shaft near Unit 4A, Moeller said. The man was bleeding from his head when Butler firefighters extricated him, and tu…
Lifestyle
Education Fund Set For Sons Of Morris County Cardiologist, Sargis Khoobiar, 43
The community is rallying for the family of Dr. Sargis Khoobiar, a longtime Madison resident who died after an unexpected illness. He died on Feb. 8, and was 43 years old. More than $105,800 had been raised as of Wednesday on an education fund set for his three sons, Brian, Connor and Hunter Khoobiar. "Serge was an inspiring, loving and kind man," said campaign founder Anne Heap, "and any donation is appreciated for his children to continue their higher education plans as Serge and [his wife] Kristen intended." Born in Ridgewood, Khoobiar was raised in Kinnelon and graduated from th…
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