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We had a simple idea: hold an editorial board meeting with the CEOs of the three entities arguing about whether Pascack Valley Hospital should be reopened. They all agreed to gather at our office April 28: Robert C. Garrett, at Hackensack University Medical Center, which wants Pascack to reopen as an acute-care hospital, and Audrey Meyers, at Valley Hospital, and Douglas A. Duchak, at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, which do not.
Opinion
Monday, May 2, 2011 12:00 AM
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By a wide margin, readers said if an effort to get a private investor to pony up the big bucks falls short of the finish line, the blame will rest squarely on the shoulders of the influential teller’s union. (After our poll closed, the union accepted an offer by New York developer and horseman Jeff Gural.)
Monday, May 2, 2011 12:00 AM
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Our commitment to opening Hackensack University Medical Center North at Pascack Valley has always been about meeting people’s needs and restoring fundamental hospital services to this region. That commitment remains strong.
Monday, May 2, 2011 12:00 AM
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Bergen County faces an oversupply of hospital beds, reduced hospital occupancy rates, declining patient discharges, shorter patient stays, razor-thin hospital operating margins and reduced Medicare reimbursements as a result of health care reform. In the face of this, Hackensack University Medical Center wants to open a new hospital in Westwood. It is all wrong, and here’s why:
Monday, April 25, 2011 12:00 AM
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New Jersey is poised to hand out $137 million in tax credits to two companies — Panasonic Corp. and Bayer HealthCare — that recently announced plans to relocate their headquarters in the Garden State.
Monday, April 25, 2011 12:00 AM
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It’s rare that we feel someone in the business community does a better job than we at tearing down those who stand in the way of private-sector growth.
Monday, April 18, 2011 12:00 AM
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By now, it’s become fair to compare the millionaire’s tax — more specifically, a surcharge on top of that tax, which expired last year — to the “Halloween” film franchise.
Monday, April 18, 2011 12:00 AM
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New Jersey’s license plate says we are the Garden State. Our berries and tomatoes are second to none, but tourism is where we really bring new money into the state. Even as the economy struggled last year, our tourism take was up a tick. This shows how enticing it is to visit New Jersey.
Monday, April 18, 2011 12:00 AM
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If you want to judge how serious the stakes are between the two sides in the fight to determine whether or not Pascack Valley Hospital can be reopened, just consider the lengths the two sides went to in order to hijack our unscientific online poll.
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