>State reviews Hackensack University Medical Center’s application to reopen Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood,
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2011
BY LINDY WASHBURN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
The state Health Department is asking questions about Hackensack University Medical Center’s application to reopen Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, including whether a new hospital is needed.
Senior staff members reviewed Hackensack’s 2-inch-thick application for “completeness” and fired back two dozen questions.
One asks Hackensack officials whether anyone has died as a result of the increased travel time from Pascack Valley and Northern Valley towns to emergency rooms at other North Jersey hospitals, and if so, to provide proof that the travel time was a factor.
“Document how many patients have expired as a result of the additional travel times to the other area hospitals,” the question says. “Document that it was the additional minutes that led directly to preventable mortality.”
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