N.J. comes through with more vaccine for Warren County, St. Luke’s says
Updated Feb 10, 2021;
A week after pleading with New Jersey for more COVID-19 vaccine to serve Warren County, St. Luke’s University Health Network says the state has come through.
“Yesterday, we did receive a supply of initial doses after having received none during the prior two weeks,” St. Luke’s Warren Campus President Scott R. Wolfe said in a statement Wednesday.
“Our St. Luke’s Warren Campus Team is very thankful for that much needed supply and we are hopeful that this kind of support will continue,” he continued. “We greatly appreciate the Governor’s prompt consideration of our request and the State’s willingness to resupply our vaccination clinic.”
A rejected deal in 2001 among events that put Easton Hospital in downward spiral
Updated on Feb 11, 2021;
Published on Feb 11, 2021
Easton Hospital on Dec. 18, 2003, at 21st and Lehigh streets in Wilson Borough. Star-Ledger file photo
Editor s Note
This story is part of a special report on how Easton Hospital almost closed last year and what will now become of it.
When the opportunity to join the St. Luke’s University Health Network came up nearly 20 years ago, Easton Hospital said, “no thanks.”
Both St. Luke’s Hospital and Easton Hospital were holding their own, according to St. Luke’s Vice President of Development Robert Martin. Martin was on the St. Luke’s team trying to negotiate the acquisition of Easton Hospital back in 2001.
Look back through 130 years’ worth of historic Easton Hospital photos and facts
Updated on Feb 11, 2021;
Published on Feb 11, 2021
A modern brick structure replaced the original Easton Hospital on Wolf Street in Easton in 1906-07. Courtesy Marx Room, Easton Area Public Library
Editor s Note
This story is part of a special report on how Easton Hospital almost closed last year and what will now become of it.
The City of Easton grew into an industry titan in the late 19th century. Railroads and canals brought raw materials through the city and into its silk mills and breweries.
The same modes of transport allowed the export of these products. But the growing city lacked something increasingly necessary for the health of its growing population: a hospital.
How a ‘powerhouse’ reached the brink of collapse and a new owner’s plan to rebuild
Updated on Feb 12, 2021;
Published on Feb 11, 2021
Easton Hospital was acquired by St. Luke s University Health Network on July 2, 2020. Saed Hindash | For lehighvalleylive.com
Editor s Note
It s been less than a year since Easton Hospital nearly closed after serving as a community bedrock for more than a century. This story explains what happened and what the future holds.
Once a community bedrock, Easton Hospital today shows all the signs of a hospital on its last legs.
But new owner St. Luke’s University Health Network is optimistic it can overcome financial and operational hurdles to turn the beleaguered Wilson Borough hospital around.