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Don’t Get Sick

Hudson County, NJ hospitals are in trouble.

By Debra Hazel | Updated on March 22, 2012

Given that I live in Hudson County, widely called New York City’s sixth borough, you’d think that my area – or in fact any part of New Jersey this close to New York – wouldn’t have a problem with having enough medical facilities.

But hospitals around here are struggling. In just my neck of the woods, Greenville Hospital closed in 2008. Bayonne Medical Center went bankrupt and was acquired by Hudson Hospital Holdco. Now it doesn’t accept several major medical plans (including mine) except for emergency services. Hoboken University Medical Center also was acquired by HUMC Holdco, the same owners as Bayonne.  And most recently, Christ Hospital filed Chapter 11.

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