Reader asks How long has it taken us to demand an answer to that most basic question?
How long has it taken us to demand an answer to that most basic question. How is this expansion good for Ridgewood? I think that Valley and all of its over paid experts are truly stumped.
They’re “stumped”for good reasons. First of all, they’re paid by Valley to stick to the over used line that everyone that goes into a hospital won’t come out unless they have a private room. That’s like saying don’t take mass transit because your chances of catching a cold are higher. No kidding ! I’m all for private rooms, but not 400 plus on a site that should have ai lot less.
Second, none of these people even live here. Their opinions are based on questionable data and short term observations. And how anyone cannot see through that is beyond me.
The funny thing is, when you hear about serious accidents in town, what hospital do they brings the victims of said accidents to??? HACKENSACK!!!! How many times have I read in the local papers that those injured in accidents, whether they be car accidents or whatever, were transported to Hackensack. Why is that?? Does Valley not have the capabilities to treat serious trauma cases??? or do those involved ask to be taken to Hackensack?? (LOL) Has anybody asked to view the monthly occupancy rates at Valley as I doubt they have an issue with overcrowding – and if the occupancy rates show that admittance to Valley on an average monthly basis shows that at any given time, Valley has on average 50% occupancy, then Valley should be able to accommodate converting its existing structure to single bed rooms. This is based on serious trauma been treated at bigger hospitals. The fact that they are paying outside experts to sell their square peg in a circle scenario is crazy – it would be very interesting to see what fees these experts are being paid and what previous jobs they have been involved in to see if they have been involved with Valley-like scenarios before and what those results have been. Think about the pharmaceutical industry in which the big pharma companies paid ad agencies big money to promote their products to the masses only for these companies to hide data that showed their products killed people – think Vioxx – when the truth came out all the experts in the world, couldn’t hide the lies anymore.