>NJ Supreme Court removes hurdle for re-opening of Pascack Valley Hospital as HUMC satellite
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2011
BY ERIK SHILLING
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
The New Jersey Supreme Court denied an appeal Wednesday that could have derailed Hackensack University Medical Center’s plans to re-open Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood as a 128-bed community hospital, officials said.
The court’s decision not to hear the appeal — effectively upholding a lower court’s earlier denial — means that the last remaining legal hurdle has been removed for HUMC to apply for state approval for the hospital, said Robert C. Garrett, the medical center’ s president.