Support the Certificate of Need Application by Hackensack University Medical Center to Re-Establish a Full Service Acute Care Hospital At The Former Pascack Valley Hospital Site

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Governor Jon Corzine
Senator Loretta L. Weinberg
Senator Robert Gordon
Senator Gerald Cardinale
Commissioner Heather Howard- New Jersey Dept. of Health and Senior Services


The undersigned do hereby petition the State of New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to approve the application by Hackensack University Medical Center for the transfer of the Certificate of Need formerly held by Pascack Valley Hospital. Hackensack University Medical Center North at Pascack Valley will offer the re-establishment of a full service acute care community hospital at the Westwood, New Jersey campus that our area residents have counted on for over fifty(50) years and whose services are in need by tens of thousands of citizens.

The burden of a dramatic increase in travel time to alternative hospitals has been borne by emergency service personnel throughout the region. The requirement to travel greater distances for treatment has had a significant impact on all the areas citizens seeking medical treatment or for the assistance of family members receiving treatment, especially senior citizens. We have all witnessed the negative effects the closing of Pascack Valley Hospital has caused and we cannot afford to be without a hospital any longer.

The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Westwood, New Jersey do hereby authorize Borough Clerk, Karen Hughes and Councilmember William Phayre to monitor and maintain this petition.

9824 Signatures

  • Wanda A. Worner
  • Robert P. Sandt
    • Comments
    • We need this hospital to resume services as soon as possible.
  • Suzanne Burroughs
  • William Phayre
  • donna gambutti
  • Steven Bair, D.M.D.
    • Comments
    • visit Valley Hospital's ER to see how bad the situation actually is.
  • Cynthia Waneck - Councilwoman Westwood
  • Lorraine L. McMackin
  • Assemblywoman Charlotte Vandervalk
    • Comments
    • WE NEED TO REOPEN THE HOSPITAL. TIMELY MEDICAL CARE MUST BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN.
  • Beth Staples
  • JoAnn Voccola
  • Carol Donovan
  • Barbara Maldonado
  • Peter Wells
    • Comments
    • without it the travel distance in an emergency is too long!
  • James P. Barsa
    • Comments
    • Mayor of Norwood
  • murray bass
  • Laura Borchers
    • Comments
    • We need the hospital opened. As an EMT I have seen the situations at other hospitals when we have a call.
  • Susan Connelly
  • David Michael Gettis
  • Mark Bromberg
    • Comments
    • The need in the Pascack Valley is ABSOLUTE
  • Frank Calautti
  • John
  • Barry Scott
    • Comments
    • This hospital is needed to protect the residents of northeast New Jersey
  • Paul Nyfenger
  • Marcia DeSalvo, Councilwoman, Emerson
  • David Verducci
  • Maureen Iarossi-Alwan
  • John Ferraro
  • Judy Brundage
  • Frank J. Carullo
  • Gloria Maccaroni
    • Comments
    • this is great news and very much needed !
  • john rinaldi
    • Comments
    • A hospital at that location is a neccesity not a luxury
  • Lorraine Waldes
    • Comments
    • I have a 95 year old father living with me, who is in need of a local hospital. Thank you
  • Lisa Futterman
  • Eric Linden
  • Christopher Heyer, Esq.
  • Joanne Allgor
  • Robert Solomon
  • Jeffrey L. Krapels
    • Comments
    • Reestablishing this hospital will ease the burden on our EMS volunteers and ERs in other hospitals, creating a safer environment for all Bergen County residents.
  • John Birkner, Jr.
    • Comments
    • Borough of Westwood - Mayor . Thank you all for your support.
  • Dan Riecken
  • Susan M. Birkner
  • David J. Allgor
  • Donald J Ruschman, Mayor
  • Edward Bocellari
  • KIM NYFENGER
  • william ellis
  • Alan Gettis
  • Andrew Bromberg
  • Penny Nyfenger
    • Comments
    • It's about time !!!