St. Mary's Hospital (Passaic)
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St. Mary's Hospital is a non-profit acute care hospital offering a broad range of health care services and community outreach programs. The hospital is located in Passaic, New Jersey
on 350 Boulevard between Oak Street and Crescent Avenue. St. Mary’s Hospital is a Center of Excellence for Cardiology, Oncology, Outpatient Behavioral Health, and Maternal-Child Health Services. It has 287 licensed beds, over 550 physicians and is one of the largest employers in the city of Passaic. St. Mary’s Hospital currently serves approximately 13,000 inpatients annually, in addition to caring for 10,500 patients requiring same-day procedures. The Emergency Center, originally designed to handle only a third of the area’s most life threatening cases, it is now the sole emergency room in the entire city. A new ER Fast Track Center was added in 2009 to better accommodate the nearly 35,000 visits to St. Mary’s busy ER each year.
St. Mary's is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth
, a Catholic nun's order based in Convent Station, New Jersey
. The order also sponsors St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in nearby Paterson
.
Passaic, New Jersey was once home to three hospitals: St. Mary’s Hospital, The General Hospital and Passaic Beth Israel. As the economic and healthcare landscape changed, so did these three institutions. The first change occurred in early 2000 when Atlantic Health System purchased the General Hospital. Atlantic Health System then sold the General Hospital in 2004 to Passaic Beth Israel, which renamed the newly formed hospital, “PBI Regional Medical Center.”
Due to a variety of unfortunate circumstances, PBI Regional Medical Center was forced to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2006. Community and political representatives advocated for St. Mary’s Hospital to acquire PBI Regional soon afterward. On March 1, 2007 St. Mary’s Hospital acquired PBI Regional relocating its services at PBI Regional’s facility on Boulevard.
Though comprehensive in their medical services, each original Passaic hospital had its own specialty. The General Hospital Center at Passaic was renowned for its Eastern Heart Institute and for pioneering the first open heart surgery in the state; Passaic Beth Israel Hospital was a respected center of excellence in the field on oncology; and St. Mary’s Hospital was lauded for its maternal-child and behavioral health programs. With St. Mary’s acquisition of PBI Regional in March 2007, the different hospital staffs became one team, all primarily located at the 350 Boulevard campus.
Although on March 9, 2009, St. Mary's Hospital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a federal bankruptcy judge approved of its reorganization plan less than a year from filing, as reported in the week of March 2, 2010. "St. Mary's emerges from Chapter 11 stronger and better than before," said Michael J. Sniffen, St. Mary's president/CEO, in a media release. "After less than one year, we emerge revitalized, improved, and re-committed to serving the community and the physicians that have so loyally supported us through this difficult process."
Originally, the St. Mary’s was located at 211 Pennington Avenue in the Passaic Park section of the city for 112 years. Upon the failure of nearby PBI Regional Medical Center, and amidst issues maintaining its original, outdated facility, St. Mary's obtained a grant from the state and the decision was made for the purchase and relocation to the PBI Regional Medical Center
complex on Boulevard. Many in the community still refer to the hospital, incorrectly, as Passaic General, though it has no connection to the former owner.
The facility on Pennington Avenue was maintained for psychiatric admissions and care for some time after the rest of the hospital moved. However, St. Mary's closed its psychiatric unit on May 12, 2009, transferring admissions to Clara Maass. The Psychiatric Emergency Screening Unit moved to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson; this unit is the primary facility used for psychiatric emergency care in Passaic County.[2] This now leaves the original facility empty. From 2009-2010 the building was used by NBC to film episodes of the first season of the medical drama Mercy (TV series)
.
Passaic, New Jersey
Passaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 69,781, maintaining its status as the 15th largest municipality in New Jersey with an increase of 1,920 residents from the 2000 Census population of 67,861...
on 350 Boulevard between Oak Street and Crescent Avenue. St. Mary’s Hospital is a Center of Excellence for Cardiology, Oncology, Outpatient Behavioral Health, and Maternal-Child Health Services. It has 287 licensed beds, over 550 physicians and is one of the largest employers in the city of Passaic. St. Mary’s Hospital currently serves approximately 13,000 inpatients annually, in addition to caring for 10,500 patients requiring same-day procedures. The Emergency Center, originally designed to handle only a third of the area’s most life threatening cases, it is now the sole emergency room in the entire city. A new ER Fast Track Center was added in 2009 to better accommodate the nearly 35,000 visits to St. Mary’s busy ER each year.
St. Mary's is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth
Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth
The Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth are a Roman Catholic apostolic congregation of pontifical right, based in the Convent Station area of Morris Township, New Jersey. The stated purpose of the order is to show the love of Jesus Christ in serving those in need, especially the poor...
, a Catholic nun's order based in Convent Station, New Jersey
Convent Station, New Jersey
Convent Station is an unincorporated area within Morris Township, Morris County, New Jersey, east of Morristown.-History:The community is named after, and contains, the railroad station established during the 1870s to serve the complex of the Academy of Saint Elizabeth, a Catholic school operated...
. The order also sponsors St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in nearby Paterson
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson is a city serving as the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 146,199, rendering it New Jersey's third largest city and one of the largest cities in the New York City Metropolitan Area, despite a decrease of 3,023...
.
Passaic, New Jersey was once home to three hospitals: St. Mary’s Hospital, The General Hospital and Passaic Beth Israel. As the economic and healthcare landscape changed, so did these three institutions. The first change occurred in early 2000 when Atlantic Health System purchased the General Hospital. Atlantic Health System then sold the General Hospital in 2004 to Passaic Beth Israel, which renamed the newly formed hospital, “PBI Regional Medical Center.”
Due to a variety of unfortunate circumstances, PBI Regional Medical Center was forced to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2006. Community and political representatives advocated for St. Mary’s Hospital to acquire PBI Regional soon afterward. On March 1, 2007 St. Mary’s Hospital acquired PBI Regional relocating its services at PBI Regional’s facility on Boulevard.
Though comprehensive in their medical services, each original Passaic hospital had its own specialty. The General Hospital Center at Passaic was renowned for its Eastern Heart Institute and for pioneering the first open heart surgery in the state; Passaic Beth Israel Hospital was a respected center of excellence in the field on oncology; and St. Mary’s Hospital was lauded for its maternal-child and behavioral health programs. With St. Mary’s acquisition of PBI Regional in March 2007, the different hospital staffs became one team, all primarily located at the 350 Boulevard campus.
Although on March 9, 2009, St. Mary's Hospital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a federal bankruptcy judge approved of its reorganization plan less than a year from filing, as reported in the week of March 2, 2010. "St. Mary's emerges from Chapter 11 stronger and better than before," said Michael J. Sniffen, St. Mary's president/CEO, in a media release. "After less than one year, we emerge revitalized, improved, and re-committed to serving the community and the physicians that have so loyally supported us through this difficult process."
Originally, the St. Mary’s was located at 211 Pennington Avenue in the Passaic Park section of the city for 112 years. Upon the failure of nearby PBI Regional Medical Center, and amidst issues maintaining its original, outdated facility, St. Mary's obtained a grant from the state and the decision was made for the purchase and relocation to the PBI Regional Medical Center
PBI Regional Medical Center
The PBI Regional Medical Center was a hospital in Passaic, New Jersey which was located on Boulevard, between Oak Street and Howe Avenue ....
complex on Boulevard. Many in the community still refer to the hospital, incorrectly, as Passaic General, though it has no connection to the former owner.
The facility on Pennington Avenue was maintained for psychiatric admissions and care for some time after the rest of the hospital moved. However, St. Mary's closed its psychiatric unit on May 12, 2009, transferring admissions to Clara Maass. The Psychiatric Emergency Screening Unit moved to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson; this unit is the primary facility used for psychiatric emergency care in Passaic County.[2] This now leaves the original facility empty. From 2009-2010 the building was used by NBC to film episodes of the first season of the medical drama Mercy (TV series)
Mercy (TV series)
Mercy is a medical drama which aired on NBC from September 23, 2009 to May 12, 2010. The series initially aired on Wednesday nights at 8/7c, as part of the 2009 fall season, but was pushed back to 9/8c in April....
.