Hoboken Blood drive today

New Jersey Blood Services is in need of blood donations and the Hoboken Police Department is sponsoring a blood drive today, January 30th, from 11:00-4:30 p.m. Look for the bus parked at 111 River Street (that's the Wiley building).

From New Jersey Blood Services:

Please DONATE BLOOD this winter season! Each donor will receive free cholesterol testing and walk-ins are always welcome. To make an appointment to donate, or those with questions of medical eligibility should call 1-800-933-BLOOD (2566).

Qualified donors should be 17 years of age, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be in generally good health. Donors must present photo or signed ID and know their Social Security number. Donors over 75 years of age may donate only with their physician's note.

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On Friday evening, John Razillard, 19, and Jennifer Dooley, 20, died after their car collided with another vehicle in Old Bridge.John Razillard and Jennifer Dooley, both of Old Bridge, were traveling in a car on Disbrow Road at about 11:30 p.m. when Razillard attempted to make a turn onto Amboy Road.

A car driven by Cody Daily, 17, also of Old Bridge, collided with them in the intersection.The investigation is still under way.Police believe Razillard either did not stop at a stop sign at the intersection, or he failed to check for oncoming traffic.

Razillard, a mechanic, was pronounced dead at the scene. Dooley, a nanny and aspiring writer, was rushed by NJ paramedics to Raritan Bay Medical Center, where she later died.The couple, both from Old Bridge, had been Old Bridge high school sweethearts who dreamed of one day getting married.

(John Razillard MYSPACE PAGE)

(Jennifer Dooley MYSPACE PAGE)

(Cody Daily MYSPACE PAGE)

A Morris County man died and his wife was injured when their car struck a utility pole in Wayne early this morning, the second car accident in New Jersey involving a young couple this weekend.

Jorge Castro, 20, of Pompton Plains, died less than 30 minutes after his 1994 Mitsubishi Mirage struck the pole on Newark Pompton Turnpike just north of McClelland Avenue, around 2 a.m., police said.NJ EMT'S and Paramedics rushed the man to Chilton Memorial Hospital. He was pronounced dead on arrival.


Castro's wife, Amanda Castro, 19, had been driving the car, and suffered lower leg injuries when she was pinned under the dashboard, according to police. Authorities said she was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson by NJ EMT'S and Paramedics. Her condition was not immediately available.

New Jersey hospitals in financial ruin


PRINCETON, N.J. — New Jersey wants to get out of the business of saving every hospital from financial ruin.

In a report made public on Thursday, a commission appointed by Gov. Jon S. Corzine recommended that the state establish guidelines for identifying hospitals in financial distress that are worth helping, and those are that are not.

Hospitals deemed essential would then be propped by state grants and loans, with what the state health commissioner, Heather Howard, described as an early-warning system.

Joel C. Cantor, the director of the Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers University, who is a member of the commission, said hospital boards should think twice about what has become a habit of “go to the governor’s office and ask for help.”

“We’re trying to send a signal that there’s no guarantee that that help will be there,” he said.

The report is not as far-reaching as one ordered by the New York State Legislature in 2006, in which a commission recommended that at least nine hospitals, including five in New York City, be closed. Indeed, the New Jersey report did not spell out which hospitals should be shuttered.

Uwe E. Reinhardt, a health care economist at Princeton and chairman of the commission, said that a specific list would probably hurt a hospital’s ability to negotiate insurance rates and damage employee morale.

But the report did not mince words, saying that a good number of New Jersey’s 78 hospitals were poorly managed and inefficient, and that a “large number of hospitals appear headed toward distress in the next few years.”

The report now goes to Mr. Corzine, and it is not clear what he will do, and when he will do it. For now, his top priority is shepherding his multibillion-dollar plan to restructure the state’s troubled finances through substantially higher toll road increases.

What is troubling about New Jersey’s hospitals, the report found, is that even though many hospitals across the country are doing well financially, those in New Jersey are not; 15 have closed in the last 10 years.

The report concluded that too many hospitals in New Jersey are bunched in the same areas, particularly in the northeast, resulting in a surplus of beds.

In addition, the report found problems with public insurance like Medicaid and the state’s Charity Care program, which, it said, reimburse hospitals well below cost. At the same time, the report noted, chronically ill elderly patients covered by Medicare see more doctors a year than in any other state in the nation.

As a result, the state has frequently been asked, at the very last minute, to help rescue an endangered hospital, often at a cost much higher than if it had intervened earlier, the report said.

If the governor follows the commission’s recommendations, the system will undergo substantial changes. For instance, if the state decides to classify hospitals as essential or nonessential, they will all be defined by certain criteria, like providing care to a vulnerable population, providing an essential service like trauma care or existing in an area not saturated by hospitals.

The cost of adopting the recommendations is not clear. Some of the measures will cost money; others will save money, Ms. Howard said. One idea, for instance, would increase the current 3 percent tax on ambulatory care and other clinics, and use the increase to finance a fund for distressed hospitals.

In a statement, the New Jersey Hospital Association commended the commission for tackling a tough subject, but said that it did not offer sufficient solutions or address options to obtain new financing.

Police sergeant saves man from suicide attempt

A police sergeant flagged down on Academy Street Tuesday afternoon by a man reporting an attempted suicide rushed inside a residence and cut the rope from the neck of a man who hung himself, police said.

Sgt. Anthony Manzo was on patrol at about 1:40 p.m. when a man ran up to his vehicle in the 100 block of Academy Street and said a man inside an apartment had tried to kill himself, police spokesman Sgt. Pedro Medina said Tuesday evening.

Manzo called for New Jersey EMS and ran inside and found a 57-year-old male resident of the apartment hanging from the doorknob by a piece of rope, Medina said.

With the assistance of the man who flagged him down, who Medina did not identify, Manzo carefully pushed the door into the room and cut the rope from the man's neck with a kitchen knife he retrieved from the apartment.

The man was unconscious and barely breathing, so Manzo tilted the man's head back to open his airway and the first aid maneuver led to the man regaining some consciousness, Medina said.

Officer Taja Durling arrived shortly after and assisted in caring for the man, who Trenton EMS rushed to Capital Health System at Fuld hospital. Medina did not publicly identify the victim.A Fuld hospital official said Tuesday night that the victim was recuperating and in stable condition.

Manzo, a well-known 21-year department veteran, is currently the North District patrol sergeant.

5 Car accident kills one in Hoboken

A five-car accident in Hoboken Saturday killed one person and injured at least nine others, police said.

A 36-year-old woman traveling twice the speed limit downhill on a viaduct that intersects Willow Avenue crashed into a car ahead of her at about 4:25 p.m. The resulting fiery multiple car crash claimed the life of the male driver of the car in front of her, police said.

A van traveling westbound on the viaduct swerved and hit one of the cars, police said.

The wife of the man who died was a front seat passenger in the first car that was hit, and was struggling for her life late last night. The nine other victims were spine splinted and collared by New Jersy EMT's and paramedics and taken to Jersey City Medical Center.

It was unclear Saturday night from which cars additional victims were taken.

The woman who caused the crash was traveling about 60 mph down the viaduct at Willow Avenue and 14th Street near the Lincoln Tunnel.

Police did not release identities of the victims Saturday night because the next of kin had not yet been notified.

Investigators from the Hoboken Police, State Police, and homicide squad of the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office remained at the scene of the accident late into the night.NEW UPDATE

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A garbage truck worker in Bayonne may lose one or both of his legs after being struck by an apparently drunk driver this morning, police said.

Officials said a worker on a sanitation vehicle near West 27th Street and Kennedy Boulevard was struck by another car about 6:50 a.m.New Jersey Emts and Paramedics rushed the man to Bayonne Hospital.

The woman driving the car who Smith said will be charged with drunk driving -- had to be extricated from her vehicle by firefighters and was taken to the Bayonne hospital, said Fire Chief Patrick Boyle.

"Charges are being drafted right now, but I can tell you with certainty the driver (who struck the worker) is being charged with a DWI," Smith said.

Atlantic

* Ancora Psychiatric Hospital
301 Spring Garden Road
Ancora, NJ 08037-9699
(609) 561-1700
Fax: (609) 561-2509

* AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center City Division
1925 Pacific Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 345-4000
Fax: (609) 441-2108

* AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Mainland Division
Jimmie Leeds Road
Pomona, NJ 08240
(609) 652-1000
Fax: (609) 652-3514

* Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation
61 W. Jimmie Leeds Road
P.O. Box 723
Pomona, NJ 08240-0723
(609) 652-7000
Fax: (609) 652-7487

* Shore Memorial Hospital
One East New York Avenue
Somers Point, NJ 08244
(609) 653-3500
Fax: (609) 927-8172

* William B. Kessler Memorial Hospital
600 South White Horse Pike
Hammonton, NJ 08037-2099
(609) 561-6700
Fax: (609) 561-8370

Bergen

* Bergen Regional Medical Center L.P.
230 East Ridgewood Avenue
Paramus, NJ 07652
(201) 967-4000
Fax: (201) 967-9833

* Care One at Pascack Valley
250 Old Hook Rd.
Westwood, NJ 07675
(201) 594-4800
Fax: (201) 594-4815

* Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
350 Engle Street
Englewood, NJ 07631
(201) 894-3000
Fax: (201) 894-1345

* Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue
Hackensack, NJ 07601
(201) 996-2000
Fax: (201) 489-7275

* Holy Name Hospital
718 Teaneck Road
Teaneck, NJ 07666
(201) 833-3000
Fax: (201) 833-3230

* Kessler Inst. for Rehabilitation Kessler Saddle Brook
300 Market Street
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
(201) 368-6000
Fax: (201) 368-6262

* Ramapo Ridge Psychiatric Hospital-Christian Health Care Center
301 Sicomac Avenue
Wyckoff, NJ 07481
(201) 848-5200
Fax: (201) 848-9758

* Select Specialty Hospital-Northeast New Jersey
96 Parkway
Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
(201) 221-2399
Fax: (201) 221-2495

* The Valley Hospital
223 North Van Dien Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(201) 447-8000
Fax: (201) 447-8732
Burlington

* Deborah Heart and Lung Center
200 Trenton Road
Browns Mills, NJ 08015
(609) 893-6611
Fax: (609) 893-1213

* Hampton Behavioral Health Center AKA/Universal Health Services
650 Rancocas Road
Westampton, NJ 08060
(609) 267-7000
Fax: (609) 518-2180

* Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County
218 A Sunset Road
Willingboro, NJ 08046
(609) 835-2900
Fax: (609) 835-3061

* Lourdes Specialty Hospital of Southern New Jersey
218 A Sunset Road
Willingboro, NJ 08046
(609) 835-5782
Fax: (609) 835-5784

* Marlton Rehabilitation Hospital
92 Brick Road
Marlton, NJ 08053
(856) 988-8778
Fax: (856) 988-8254

* Virtua Memorial Hospital Burlington County
175 Madison Avenue
Mount Holly, NJ 08060
(609) 267-0700
Fax: (609) 265-7920

* Virtua West Jersey Hospital-Marlton
90 Brick Road
Marlton, NJ 08053
(856) 355-6200
Fax: (856) 355-6201

* Weisman Children's Rehabilitation Hospital
92 Brick Road
Marlton, NJ 08053
(856) 489-4520
Fax: (856) 489-1169
Camden

* The Cooper Health System
One Cooper Plaza
Camden, NJ 08103-1489
(856) 342-2000
Fax: (856) 342-3299

* Kennedy Memorial Hospitals UMC Cherry Hill
2201 Chapel Avenue West
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
(856) 488-6500
Fax: (856) 488-6526

* Kennedy Memorial Hospitals UMC Stratford
18 East Laurel Road
Stratford, NJ 08084
(856) 346-6000
Fax: (856) 346-6005

* Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center
1600 Haddon Avenue
Camden, NJ 08101
(856) 757-3500
Fax: (856) 757-3611

* Virtua West Jersey Hospital-Berlin
100 Townsend Avenue
Berlin, NJ 08009
(856) 322-3000
Fax: (856) 322-3201

* Virtua West Jersey Hospital-Voorhees
101 Carnie Boulevard
Voorhees, NJ 08043
(856) 325-3000
Fax: (856) 325-3219
Cape May

* Cape Regional Medical Center
2 Stone Harbor Boulevard
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
(609) 463-2000
Fax: (609) 465-9391


Cumberland

* Rehabilitation Hospital of South Jersey
1237 West Sherman Avenue
Vineland, NJ 08360
(856) 696-7100
Fax: (856) 696-9040

* South Jersey Healthcare-Regional Medical Center
1505 West Sherman Avenue
Vineland, NJ 08360
(856) 641-8000
Fax: (856) 641-7632
Gloucester

* Kennedy Memorial Hospitals UMC Washington Township
435 Hurffville-Cross Keys Road
Turnersville, NJ 08012
(856) 582-2500
Fax: (856) 582-2552

* Underwood-Memorial Hospital
509 North Broad Street
P.O. Box 359
Woodbury, NJ 08096-7358
(856) 845-0100
Fax: (856) 845-5322
Essex

* Clara Maass Medical Center
One Clara Maass Drive
Belleville, NJ 07109
(973) 450-2000
Fax: (973) 450-0181

* Columbus Hospital
495 North 13th Street
Newark, NJ 07107-1317
(973) 268-1400
Fax: (973) 268-4865

* East Orange General Hospital
300 Central Avenue
East Orange, NJ 07018-2897
(973) 672-8400
Fax: (973) 266-8488

* Kessler Inst. for Rehabilitation Kessler West
1199 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, NJ 07052
(973) 731-3600
Fax: (973) 243-6819

* Mountainside Hospital
1 Bay Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
(973) 429-6000
Fax: (973) 429-6209

* Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
201 Lyons Avenue at Osborne
Terrace
Newark, NJ 07112
(973) 926-7000
Fax: (973) 926-8371

* Saint Barnabas Medical Center
94 Old Short Hills Road
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973) 322-5000
Fax: (973) 322-5007

* Saint James Hospital
155 Jefferson Street
Newark, NJ 07105
(973) 589-1300
Fax: (973) 465-2861

* Saint Michael's Medical Center
111 Central Avenue
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 877-5000
Fax: (973) 877-5672

* University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey-University Hospital
150 Bergen Street
Newark, NJ 07103-1709
(973) 972-4300
Fax: (973) 972-6943

* VA New Jersey Health Care System (E. Orange)
385 Tremont Avenue
East Orange, NJ 07018-1095
(973) 676-1000
Fax: (973) 676-4226
Hudson

* Bayonne Medical Center
29th Street Avenue E
Bayonne, NJ 07002-4639
(201) 858-5000
Fax: (201) 858-4399

* Christ Hospital
176 Palisade Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07306
(201) 795-8200
Fax: (201) 795-8796

* Hoboken University Medical Center
308 Willow Avenue
Hoboken, NJ 07030
(201) 418-1000
Fax: (201) 418-1011

* Hudson County Meadowview Hospital
595 County Avenue
Secaucus, NJ 07094
(201) 319-3660
Fax: (201) 319-3616

* LibertyHealth-Greenville Hospital
1825 Kennedy Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07305
(201) 547-6100
Fax: (201) 433-0199

* LibertyHealth-Jersey City Medical Center
355 Grand Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302
(201) 915-2000
Fax: (201) 915-2002

* LibertyHealth-Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center
55 Meadowlands Parkway
Secaucus, NJ 07096-1580
(201) 392-3100
Fax: (201) 319-1371

* Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Road
North Bergen, NJ 07047
(201) 854-5000
Fax: (201) 854-5036

Hunterdon

* Hunterdon Medical Center
2100 Wescott Drive
Flemington, NJ 08822
(908) 788-6100
Fax: (908) 788-6111

* Senator Garrett W. Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital
Division of Mental Health Services
200 Sanitorium Road
Glen Gardner, NJ 08826-3291
(908) 537-2141
Fax: (908) 537-3149

Middlesex

* Care One at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue
Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
(732) 324-6090
Fax: (732) 324-6091

* JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute
65 James Street
Edison, NJ 08818
(732) 321-7050
Fax: (732) 632-1671

* JFK Medical Center
65 James Street
Edison, NJ 08818
(732) 321-7000
Fax: (732) 549-8532

* PSE&G Children's Specialized Hospital
200 Somerset Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 258-7050
Fax: (732) 258-7210

* Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue
Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
(732) 442-3700
Fax: (732) 324-5330

* Raritan Bay Medical Center
One Hospital Plaza
Old Bridge, NJ 08857
(732) 360-1000
Fax: (732) 360-4147

* Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
One Robert Wood Johnson Place
P.O. Box 2601
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-2601
(732) 828-3000
Fax: (732) 937-8837

* Saint Peter's University Hospital
254 Easton Avenue
P.O. Box 591
New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0591
(732) 745-8600
Fax: (732) 745-9099

* University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ-University Behavioral HealthCare
671 Hoes Lane, PO Box 1392
Piscataway, NJ 08855-1392
(732) 235-5500
Fax: (732) 235-5134
Mercer

* Ann Klein Forensic Center State of NJ, Dept. of Human Services
Stuyvesant Avenue, P.O. Box 7717
Trenton, NJ 08628
(609) 633-0900
Fax: (609) 633-0868

* Capital Health System - Fuld Campus
750 Brunswick Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08638
(609) 394-6000
Fax: (609) 695-8865

* Capital Health System - Mercer Campus
446 Bellevue Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08618
(609) 394-4000
Fax: (609) 695-8865

* Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton
One Hamilton Health Place
Hamilton, NJ 08690-3599
(609) 586-7900
Fax: (609) 584-6429

* St. Francis Medical Center
601 Hamilton Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08629-1986
(609) 599-5000
Fax: (609) 984-8320

* St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center
2381 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(609) 896-9500
Fax: (609) 895-0242

* Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
P.O. Box 7500
West Trenton, NJ 08628-7500
(609) 633-1500
Fax: (609) 396-5701

* University Medical Center at Princeton
253 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ 08540-3213
(609) 497-4000
Fax: (609) 497-4977
Morris

* Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute
95 Mount Kemble Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07962-1978
(973) 971-4434
Fax: (973) 290-7601

* Chilton Memorial Hospital
97 West Parkway
Pompton Plains, NJ 07444
(973) 831-5000
Fax: (973) 831-5183

* Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
Central Avenue
Greystone Park, NJ 07950
(973) 538-1800
Fax: (973) 538-1053

* Kessler Inst. for Rehabilitation Kessler Chester
201 Pleasant Hill Road
Chester, NJ 07930
(973) 584-7500
Fax: (973) 252-6343

* Kindred Hospital at Morris
400 W Blackwell St.
Dover, NJ 07801
(973) 537-3878
Fax: (973) 537-3895

* Morristown Memorial Hospital
100 Madison Avenue, P.O. Box 1956
Morristown, NJ 07962-1956
(973) 971-5000
Fax: (973) 292-5173

* Saint Clare's Hospital/Boonton Township
130 Powerville Road
Boonton, NJ 07005
(973) 316-1806
Fax: (973) 316-1839

* Saint Clare's Hospital/Denville
25 Pocono Road
Denville, NJ 07834-2995
(973) 625-6000
Fax: (973) 625-0416

* Saint Clare's Hospital/Dover
400 West Blackwell Street
Dover, NJ 07801-2525
(973) 989-3000
Fax: (973) 989-3195
Monmouth

* Bayshore Community Hospital
727 North Beers Street
Holmdel, NJ 07733-1598
(732) 739-5900
Fax: (732) 739-5887

* CentraState Healthcare System
901 West Main Street
Freehold, NJ 07728
(732) 431-2000
Fax: (732) 462-5129

* Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 Route 33
Neptune, NJ 07754
(732) 775-5500
Fax: (732) 776-4583

* Monmouth Medical Center
300 Second Avenue
Long Branch, NJ 07740
(732) 222-5200
Fax: (732) 823-7570

* The Rehabilitation Hospital of Tinton Falls
2 Centre Plaza
Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
(732) 460-5320
Fax: (732) 460-7446

* Riverview Medical Center
One Riverview Plaza
Red Bank, NJ 07701
(732) 741-2700
Fax: (732) 224-8408

* Specialty Hospital at Monmouth
300 2nd Avenue
Greenwall Six
Long Branch, NJ 07740
(732) 923-5037
Fax: (732) 923-6580

Ocean

* AcuteCare Health System, LLC Specialty Hospital at Kimball
600 River Road
4 West
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(732) 942-3594

* Community Medical Center
99 Highway 37 West
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732) 557-8000
Fax: (732) 557-8087

* HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital of Toms River
14 Hospital Drive
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732) 244-3100
Fax: (732) 818-4840

* Kimball Medical Center
600 River Avenue
Lakewood, NJ 08701-4281
(732) 363-1900
Fax: (732) 886-4406

* Ocean Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard
Brick, NJ 08724
(732) 840-2200
Fax: (732) 840-3284

* Saint Barnabas Behavioral Health Center
1691 US Highway Route 9-CN 2025
Toms River, NJ 08754
(732) 914-1688
Fax: (732) 914-3854

* Southern Ocean County Hospital
1140 Route 72 West
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
(609) 978-8900
Fax: (609) 978-8920
Passaic

* Barnert Hospital
680 Broadway
Paterson, NJ 07514
(973) 977-6600
Fax: (973) 742-6248

* Kindred Hospital at Wayne
224 Hamburg Turnpike
Wayne, NJ 07470-3628
(973) 942-6900
Fax: (973) 389-4044

* St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center
703 Main Street
Paterson, NJ 07503-2621
(973) 754-2000
Fax: (973) 754-3900

* St. Joseph's Wayne Hospital
224 Hamburg Turnpike
Wayne, NJ 07470-3628
(973) 942-6900
Fax: (973) 389-4044

* St. Mary's Hospital Passaic
350 Boulevard
Passaic, NJ 07055-2840
(973) 365-4300
Fax: (973) 471-5531

Somerset

* Carrier Clinic
252 Route 601, PO Box 147
Belle Mead, NJ 08502
(908) 281-1000
Fax: (908) 281-1395

* East Mountain Hospital
P.O. Box 1029
Belle Mead, NJ 08502
(908) 281-1000
Fax: (908) 281-1395

* Matheny Medical and Educational Center
65 Highland Avenue, P.O. Box 339
Peapack, NJ 07977
(908) 234-0011
Fax: (908) 719-2137

* Somerset Medical Center
110 Rehill Avenue
Somerville, NJ 08876
(908) 685-2200
Fax: (908) 685-2894

* VA New Jersey Health Care System (Lyons)
151 Knollcroft Road
Lyons, NJ 07939
(908) 647-0180
Fax: (908) 647-3452
Salem

* The Memorial Hospital of Salem County
310 Woodstown Road
Salem, NJ 08079-2080
(856) 935-1000
Fax: (856) 935-3175

* South Jersey Healthcare-Elmer Hospital
P.O. Box 1090
Elmer, NJ 08318
(856) 363-1000
Fax: (856) 358-3248

Sussex

* Newton Memorial Hospital
175 High Street
Newton, NJ 07860
(973) 383-2121
Fax: (973) 383-8973

* Saint Clare's Hospital/Sussex
20 Walnut Street
Sussex, NJ 07461
(973) 702-2600
Fax: (973) 702-2893
Warren

* Hackettstown Regional Medical Center
651 Willow Grove Street
Hackettstown, NJ 07840-1792
(908) 852-5100
Fax: (908) 850-6822

* Warren Hospital
185 Roseberry Street
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
(908) 859-6700
Fax: (908) 859-4546

Union

* Kindred Hospital-Rahway
865 Stone Street
Rahway, NJ 07065
(732) 453-2950
Fax: (732) 381-9370

* Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center
Park Avenue & Randolph Road
P.O. Box 1272
Plainfield, NJ 07061
(908) 668-2000
Fax: (908) 668-3149

* Overlook Hospital
99 Beauvoir Avenue
Summit, NJ 07902-0220
(908) 522-2000
Fax: (908) 273-5134

* Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway
865 Stone Street
Rahway, NJ 07065
(732) 381-4200
Fax: (732) 499-6337

* Runnells Specialized Hospital
40 Watchung Way
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
(908) 771-5700
Fax: (908) 771-0376

* Summit Oaks Hospital
19 Prospect Street
Summit, NJ 07901
(908) 522-7000
Fax: (908) 522-7001

* Trinitas Hospital
225 Williamson Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
(908) 994-5000
Fax: (908) 820-0554

2 Newark hospitals to close

Two struggling Newark hospitals - Saint James and Columbus - will close their doors this spring, while the city's third Catholic hospital will receive an infusion of cash under an agreement reached tonight.

Officials from Cathedral Healthcare System, which is affiliated with the Archdiocese of Newark, voted tonight to accept a proposal from a Pennsylvania company to assume ownership of the financially troubled hospitals.

The deal, which still must be approved by state health officials, will result in the closing of Saint James by mid-March and Columbus by June 1, officials said.

Saint Michael's Medical Center, which was been in Newark since 1867, will remain open and receive more than $100 million in improvements and equipment from the new owner, Catholic Health East of Newtown Square, Pa., according to the agreement.

Cathedral officials said the three hospitals together are losing $6 million a month, leaving them little choice but to make the deal.

Some outpatient services are expected to be offered at Saint James after its closing, but it is unclear whether any kind of primary care will remain at Columbus.

The deal, which does not require any exchange of cash, is subject to the approval of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.

The state has agreed to guarantee a $250 million bond to pay for capital improvements and debt reduction, according to Thomas Slater, a health department spokesman.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker said he is "furious" about the shutdowns, contending city officials have not been kept up-to-date by Cathedral on plans he feels are now clearly putting the health of city residents in danger. Booker and other city officials on Friday plan to hold a press conference outside Columbus Hospital, which he said may end up with no remaining healthcare services.

NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Three people were killed and a fourth was seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision on Sunday afternoon on a New Jersey road with a reputation as a place for drag racing, the police said.

Those pronounced dead at the scene were Maria Leyton, 79, from Fords, in one car, and George M. Ghebrial, 19, and Mena S. Shafek, 18, both of Jersey City, in the other vehicle, investigators said.

The sole survivor, Doris Etchegaray, 54, Ms. Leyton’s daughter, New jersey paramedic and EMT's took her to the Jersey City Medical Center, where she underwent surgery, the police said. Investigators speculated that she survived because of an air bag on her side. There was no airbag on the passenger’s side.

Investigators said they were exploring the possibility that racing played a role in the accident, which occurred a little after 3 p.m. in the 2500 block of Secaucus Road in North Bergen near Routes 1 and 9. They were questioning four possible witnesses, two in another vehicle and two in a nearby parking lot.

Both vehicles involved in the crash were demolished, the police said. The collision involved a speed well above the local limit of 25 miles per hour, the police said.

Drag racing is a recurring problem on Secaucus Road, and police patrols try to discourage it, said an investigator, Lou J. Stitzer. The highway, in an industrial zone that is largely deserted on weekends, is two lanes wide and has long, straight stretches between traffic lights.

Mr. Ghebrial was driving a blue Honda Civic, with his friend as a passenger, the police said.

Their eastbound car crossed a median double line and collided with a westbound Chevrolet Blazer driven by Ms. Etchegaray, the police said.

In another two-vehicle accident in New Jersey on Sunday, a father and his 16-year-old daughter were seriously injured when they were ejected from their Ford Explorer in a collision with a Jeep Cherokee on Route 46 in Passaic County, the police said.New jersey paramedic and EMT's treated the victims and transported them to the hospital

The father, Alejandro Gallardo, was the driver, and his injured daughter was Giovanna. Two other members of the family suffered less severe injuries, officials said.

Mr. Gallardo’s 5-year-old son, Alejandro Jr., was also in the vehicle at the time of the crash but was not injured. Unlike the others, he was belted into his seat, the police said. No one in the Jeep Cherokee suffered significant injuries, the police said.