Tag: Hackensack Meridian Health
-
Patient goes into labor 45 minutes before wedding; gets married at HMH Raritan Bay Medical Center
Expecting mother Racquel M. Bruno from East Brunswick came to Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center in preterm labor on Oct. 31 around 3:15 p.m. Bruno and Raymond Bansemer were scheduled to be married that day but Racquel’s water broke 45 minutes before their scheduled ceremony, which was supposed to be at 4 p.m. They…
-
Woodbridge brain trauma patient gives back to rehabilitation center
A Woodbridge community member is giving back to Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison, visiting the Brain Trauma Unit to give appreciation for the care he received. In October 2014, Bob Sorbanelli of Woodbridge woke up in an Intensive Care Unit wondering why he was in a hospital. He learned that two weeks…
-
Raritan Bay Medical Center becomes Old Bridge Medical Center
Hackensack Meridian Health unveiled Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Old Bridge’s new name to the public, Hackensack Meridian Old Bridge Medical Center. “After conducting extensive research, we are proud to unveil the new name to the public,” Robert C. Garrett, chief executive officer, Hackensack Meridian Health, said in a prepared statement after the unveiling on…
-
Comedian Tracy Morgan returns to JFK rehab to thank staff, inspire patients
Comedian Tracy Morgan returned to Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison on Sept. 1 to thank the physicians, nurses and therapists who cared for him after he was seriously brain injured in a 2014 accident. Morgan also met with current patients and their family members to share the story of his recovery after…
-
Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute opens new medical program for young children on autism spectrum
A new medical rehabilitation program for young children ages 2-5 with autism spectrum disorders has opened at Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute. The You & Me Autism Program for Young Children, part of the JFK Johnson Pediatric Rehabilitation Department, provides one-on-one Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) in addition to group activities. Speech therapy and…
-
Hackensack Meridian Health celebrates inaugural year of Nurse Practitioner Residency Program
Hackensack Meridian Health celebrated the first cohort of its Nurse Practitioner Residency Program – one of the first primary care nurse practitioner residency programs in New Jersey and one of only 36 programs in the United States to have received a grant from Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) Advanced Nursing Education (ANE) to support…
-
Raritan Bay Medical Center unveils new Emergency Room patient beds
Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge unveiled its new 19 total private Emergency Room patient beds to the public on June 10. In addition, the new Emergency Department has received all new medical equipment including an advanced nurse call system that will integrate with multiple hospital systems. In the next few months, these…
-
Johnson Rehabilitation Institute aligns three facilities
Hackensack Meridian Health has unified their three rehabilitation hospitals under the Hackensack Meridian Johnson Rehabilitation Institute name to reflect the shared vision and mission to provide the highest level of rehabilitation care to patients. Through this alignment, Riverview Rehabilitation Center, Red Bank, and Shore Rehabilitation Institute, Brick, will now be renamed. The new names…
-
Podiatrist’s twin daughters are first children to be vaccinated at Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge
PHOTO COURTESY OF HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH Ujjwal K. Datta, DPM, FACFAS, podiatrist at Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center’s twin daughters were excited to be the first two children, in the 12-15 age bracket, to get vaccinated at Raritan Bay Old Bridge on May 13. Pictured are the vaccine team with Dr. Datta’s daughters…
