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Gov. Murphy Picks Menendez Replacement: Report Gov. Murphy Picks Menendez Replacement: Report
Gov. Murphy Picks Menendez Replacement: Report George Helmy is expected to be named New Jersey's next senator, replacing Sen. Bob Menendez, D-NJ, Politico reported. Gov. Phil Murphy will be appointing his former chief of staff, a Jersey City native, to serve as a temporary replacement for Menendez, who resigned after being convicted of numerous felonies in a federal corruption trial.  Helmy previously served as Murphy's chief of staff and was also a former aide to New Jersey Senator Cory Booker. After leaving the governor's office in 2023, Helmy joined RWJBarnabas Health as an executive, according to his Linkedin. Menendez's resig…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
No Vaccine, No Job: 118 NJ Hospital Network Employees Fired No Vaccine, No Job: 118 NJ Hospital Network Employees Fired
No Vaccine, No Job: 118 NJ Hospital Network Employees Fired More than 100 employees of New Jersey's largest health care system were fired for refusing to comply with its COVID vaccination policy, officials said. RWJBarnabas Health gave employees a deadline of Oct. 15 to receive the shots, and 118 of them apparently did not, news reports say. “Regrettably, and despite all best efforts, 118 staff members have not complied with the mandate and are no longer employees of RWJBarnabas Health, per our vaccine mandate policy,” a spokeswoman told NJ Advance Media in a statement. Of those employees, 62 were per diem who worked occasional shifts throughout th…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
COVID-19: 6 RWJBarnabas Health Workers Lose Jobs Due To Unvaccinated Status, Reports Say COVID-19: 6 RWJBarnabas Health Workers Lose Jobs Due To Unvaccinated Status, Reports Say
Covid-19: 6 Rwjbarnabas Health Workers Lose Jobs Due To Unvaccinated Status, Reports Say Half a dozen workers at RWJBarnabas Health, one of the Garden State’s largest healthcare systems, have lost their jobs due to their unvaccinated status, several news outlets report. RWJBarnabas Health, which employs upwards of 35,000 people and has 9,000 doctor affiliations, ended the employment of six workers — all supervisor levels or above — after they did not follow the company’s requirement to get vaccinated by June 30, according to a report by NJ.com. “Regrettably, six staff at the supervisor level and above have not complied with the mandate and are no longer employees,” the company …

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by Valerie Musson
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Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive COVID-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive COVID-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries
Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive Covid-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries The first two New Jersey residents to receive plasma transfusions for critical cases of COVID-19 -- a 63-year-old teacher and a 61-year-old old opera singer – were released from the hospital after making "remarkable" recoveries, Virtua Voorhees Health System announced. Their recoveries came as studies at several New Jersey hospitals explore whether the transfusions can help save coronavirus patients who are moderately or critically ill. Both Renee Bannister of Blackwood (Gloucester County) and Andy Fei of Mount Laurel (Burlington County) had been on ventilators in the intensive care unit at…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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320 EMS Workers Will Lose Their Jobs When Monmouth Ocean Hospital Services Folds 320 EMS Workers Will Lose Their Jobs When Monmouth Ocean Hospital Services Folds
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…

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by Jon Craig
News
Meet Englewood Hospital's Newest Cardiothoracic Surgeon Meet Englewood Hospital's Newest Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Meet Englewood Hospital's Newest Cardiothoracic Surgeon Cardiothoracic surgeon Molly Schultheis has joined the Englewood Health Physician Network and Englewood Hospital.  Schultheis has specific clinical interests in aortic aneurysm, coronary artery disease, endocarditis, heart valve disease and arrhythmias.  She is skilled in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), ventricular assist devices (VAD), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). "My compassion for those with heart and lung diseases, and their families, motivates me to provide highly personalized and exceptional card…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: Michellene Davis Placed On Administrative Leave, Hospital Says UPDATE: Michellene Davis Placed On Administrative Leave, Hospital Says
Update: Michellene Davis Placed On Administrative Leave, Hospital Says A top official with the premiere burn hospital in New Jersey who admitted that she posted a racially-charged comment about police in schools was placed on administrative leave Thursday pending an investigation, RWJBarnabas officials said. Michellene Davis -- the vice-president and chief of corporate affairs with RWJBarnabas Health -- on Wednesday commented the following under a news article titled "Fair Lawn hires armed officers for all schools," read: "Who is going to train them not to shoot black children first?!?" She claimed later that day that her account had been h…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
UDPATE: Michellene Davis Placed On Administrative Leave, Hospital Says UDPATE: Michellene Davis Placed On Administrative Leave, Hospital Says
Udpate: Michellene Davis Placed On Administrative Leave, Hospital Says A top official with the premiere burn hospital in New Jersey who admitted that she posted a racially-charged comment about police in schools was placed on administrative leave Thursday pending an investigation, RWJBarnabas officials said. Michellene Davis -- the vice-president and chief of corporate affairs with RWJBarnabas Health -- on Wednesday commented the following under a news article titled "Fair Lawn hires armed officers for all schools," read: "Who is going to train them not to shoot black children first?!?" She claimed later that day that her account had been h…

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by Cecilia Levine