With a smile and thumbs up, five team members at JFK Medical.
With a smile and thumbs up, five team members at JFK Medical Center receive first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
EDISON – Hope.
That is what Charlene Letsch, a registered nurse working in critical care at Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) JFK Medical Center, said of hearing about a COVID-19 vaccine.
She was one of five team members, who also included Mercedittas Mallari, director of the emergency department; Armando Tamargo, one of the hospital’s emergency medical technicians (EMT); Samuel LaCapra, chairman and medical director of emergency medical services; and Christopher Tee, assistant director of environmental services at the hospital, to get one of the first administered Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Edison hospital on Dec. 17.
Man oh man...2020 is the year that just won t end.
The COVID-19 Pandemic has turned this year upside down and left a lot of us in quarantine, without a job or fighting for our lives against the coronavirus.
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There are so many people who have remained on our front lines fighting throughout this entire thing and now, it is time to show them the recognition that they deserve.
Over the past few days, you have been sending in your nominations for
2020 MVP Awards - Nurses and now it is time to cast your vote on who you think should win.
Here are N.J.’s safest hospitals. See how yours fared in new national report.
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, N.J. is the only hospital in the state to receive straight-A s in the Leapfrog safety report card since the surveys began in 2012.
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New Jersey hospitals rank 17th best in the nation for safety, a drop from eighth place a year ago and a potentially troubling sign as the pandemic continues to make unrelenting demands on healthcare professionals, according to the latest Leapfrog Hospital Safety report card.
Six hospitals went up a grade while 15 hospitals went down a grade, according to an analysis by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, a consumer, research nonprofit that jointly releases the report with Leapfrog.
By ALTAIR HEALTH
December 12, 2020 at 8:20 PM
Eileen Kelleher, pictured with her children, survived a major stroke with no permanent damage after undergoing an emergency thrombectomy to remove a blood clot that traveled into her brain.
Eileen Kelleher, pictured with her children, survived a major stroke with no permanent damage after .
Credits: Margaret Kelleher
December 12, 2020 at 8:20 PM
Eileen Kelleher, 87, of Freehold, New Jersey, has been a caretaker her entire life. As the oldest daughter in her family, she helped raise her siblings in Ireland after her mother passed away when she was 12. Immigrating to the U.S. by herself at age 19, she worked in the Bronx and sent money back to her family overseas each month. She raised six children of her own, took in her friends’ children when they were struggling postpartum and worked as a home health aide at the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged. It was only fitting that she receive outstanding care when she needed it the
UpdatedThu, Dec 24, 2020 at 3:46 pm ET
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If you love to look at homes that are all decked out for Christmas, like this Bayville home, check out these lights displays in Ocean County. (Karen Wall/Patch)
OCEAN COUNTY, NJ The weather may be frightful on Christmas, but on Sunday you may be looking for something fun to do with your family.
With activities limited this December because of the coronavirus pandemic, we at Patch wanted to round up a list of homes that are decking out the halls and the eaves and the yards and want to share their love of the holidays with others.