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Bergen County Moves to Overcome EMS Shortage

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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County officials established the Bergen County EMS in February to address the volunteer shortage at the local level, a situation exacerbated by the challenges posed by the COVID pandemic. Some community-based emergency medical services had to cease operations due to the declining number of volunteers, and the county-operated ambulances have stepped in to address the gap.

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“What We Got Here is Failure to Communicate” : Suez North America Blamed for Recent Flooding

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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County officials are blaming Suez North America and say that flooding caused by last Friday’s storms could have been prevented .

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Bergen Regional Medical Center has a New Name, New Bridge Medical Center

Bergen Regional Medical Center  has a New Name, New Bridge Medical Center

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Paraums NJ, On Monday Bergen County officials unveiled the new name of the former Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus.Bergen Regional Medical Center is now New Bridge Medical Center, a clinical affiliate of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences.

Care Plus Bergen, Inc. was welcomed at a ceremony Monday morning . The new non-profit is an alliance between Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Integrity House, and Care Plus NJ Inc., and will manage the day to day operations of the hospital and its core services of behavioral health, addiction treatment, long-term care and acute care.

John Mitchell Former Chairman at Bergen County Freeholder said ,”New Bridge Medical Center is the new name for the former Bergen Regional Medical Center…
…A bridge to a bright new future is underway as the County of Bergen and Care Plus Bergen begin a new partnership at NJ’s largest public hospital…
…I very much look forward to serving on the Care Plus Bergen Board of Trustees and having the goal of connecting compassion with quality care…”

Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco said ,

Today, the County of Bergen officially began the new and exciting journey for New Jersey’s largest public hospital. Members from the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the new medical center management team of Care Plus Bergen with third party-operators- Care Plus NJ, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, and Integrity House, and I officially unveiled the name new name of the facility – New Bridge Medical Center – at a ceremony morning.

New Bridge is a name that reflects both Bergen County history and the vision for the future of this medical center.

New Bridge Medical Center will enhance long-term care, acute care and behavioral health services while maintaining the hospital’s core mission of treating people with mental health and substance abuse issues. New Bridge Medical Center will also increase access to much-needed services across 27 medical specialties in order to meet the needs of Bergen County residents and patients.

New Bridge Medical Center will pursue innovative ways to improve health care access for the nearly 40,000 veterans living in Bergen County and northern New Jersey. Furthermore, New Bridge Medical Center, which is recognized as a leading health care provider in substance abuse treatment, will continue to be at the forefront of combatting the opioid epidemic by increasing access to these specific services. The hospital is committed to working with each of its partners to deliver first-rate, compassionate and innovative care to support every patient through their recovery.

This is truly another great day for Bergen County!

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Bergen County officials enact hiring freeze

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Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco

DECEMBER 22, 2015, 5:26 PM    LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2015, 5:27 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

Bergen County officials have declared a hiring freeze while they pursue a disputed wave of layoffs scheduled to take effect by Jan. 1.

County Administrator Dominic Novelli disclosed the freeze in Monday night’s Freeholder meeting while answering a question from a woman in the audience who had asked why there are no jobs currently listed on the county’s website.

“We currently are in a job freeze,” he replied. “We’re not filling positions. We’re actually in the midst of a layoff.”

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Novelli said after the meeting that the freeze has been in effect since September when the administration made the decision to issue layoff notices to 21 employees on Nov. 1. The notices state that the layoffs were for reasons of “economy and efficiency.”

He said the job freeze did not apply to certain positions, like juvenile detention officers or nurses working in county facilities where there are state-mandated staffing levels.

Novelli’s comments were the first public disclosure of the hiring freeze. It did not come up last week in a hearing in federal court on a lawsuit filed by eight county employee who alleged that they were targeted for layoffs because of their past support of former Republican County Executive Kathleen Donovan.

 

https://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen-county-officials-enact-hiring-freeze-1.1478277