Newark EMS answers calls, and questions
Following the hazing controversy at UMDNJ which caused the dismissal of three EMTs, the Ledger meets with some of their staff to discuss the incident and its impact on the community.
Mendez, who expresses anger at what transpired, is from Puerto Rico and said he was unaware of any hazing. He [...]
Report finds Newark one of 13 cities hit hard by health care woes
Newark is the canary in the coal mine in the national heath care crisis. The struggles Newarkers experience now will be felt across the nation as rising costs and a growing number of uninsured weigh on the current infrastructure.
Newark, which has [...]
Guest blogger, Paul J. Mason, a local artist here in the Ironbound, shared his very positive experience at the Newark Veterinary Hospital. Here’s a sneak preview:
photo credit: fofurasfelinasEnter the Newark Veterinary Hospital. Some of you who have been here longer than I may remember Dr. Ehren Yablon from the large mobile home he [...]
Needle exchange puts focus on safety
More than two months after Newark started a needle exchange program, 78 clients have taken advantage of the new services North Jersey Community Research Initiative offers at its facility on Central Avenue. Hidalgo, 38, and Gunter, 31, recruiters for NJCRI, are doing their best to increase that number.
“We try to [...]
According to analysis completed by the Star Ledger, urban hospitals are facing major reductions in charity aid. The analysis, linked here, reveals that Newark Beth Israel is the second biggest loser of aid, with the loss clocking in at $16 million, a loss of 37%. The only hospital to suffer more is Jersey [...]
I was bit by a stray dog last night; it was one of those things. I was walking my dog down the alley between our house and the building next door, and there he was: a big, red lug of a mastiff mutt, about 100 lbs and suddenly interested in us.
I spun my dog—who [...]
TDN received a tip from a reader that a local investor is looking to buy out St. James Hospital from Cathedral Health Systems. Readers might recall that the hospital shut down acute care services as a result of the sale from Cathedral Health Systems to Catholic Health East.
The article appears a bit [...]
Evidently, Newark had the most centralized downtown in the nation, making it extremely fragile and debilitating. The businesses, however, held a firm belief that people would always bring prosperity to Downtown, no matter where they lived, as long as accessibility was provided. In the above short period of ten years, as the figures indicate, American people’s understanding of “accessibility” shifted drastically from mass transit (e.g., trolley cars) to their beloved private motor cars. This meant not only could they drive to Downtown Newark, but also they had to find a place to park. As Miller McClintock of Harvard told the National Association of Building Owners in 1926, it would not profit a central business district with even the most convenient arteries of travel if there was not sufficient parking. After Raymond Boulevard was created above the old Morris Cannel in 1930, the corner near Military Park turned into the most congested spot and, a few years later, came the corner of Broad, Orange, and Bridge Streets. After the 1970s, the deadly congestion moved to Penn Station.
Star Ledger: Influx of patients stretch thin centers for underserved
In keeping with the healthcare meme, Sunday’s Ledger had an excellent article on the state of healthcare facilities in New Jersey and how that’s having an impact on health centers.
Consider this: In the past 18 months, five acute-care hospitals have closed their doors in New Jersey, [...]
From the Ledger, picked up by the Ironbound Blog: Despite bitter protests, Newark’s Saint James Hospital quietly closes
Despite months of angry protests by local residents, Newark’s Saint James Hospital closed today with more of a whimper than a bang.
This morning, moving trucks sat parked near the hospital entrance in the city’s Ironbound neighborhood. Flyers posted [...]