Hackensack University Medical Center News

Just in time for barbecue season, here's a cautionary tale from River Edge, N.J. Michael DeStefan thought he had appendicitis when he went to the emergency room on a Monday afternoon earlier this month.

In a partnership with CVS,A Hackensack University Medical Center A physicians will serve as medical directors for sixA CVS Minute Clinics .A Minute Clinics offer patients walk-in services for common illnesses and wellness and preventionA services, such as cholesterol, diabetes and blood pressure screening and monitoring.A Under this agreement, HUMC ... (more)

It's unclear whether a man who held police at bay while cutting himself will survive puncturing his small intestine and slicing a major stomach artery.

Physicians from Hackensack University Medical Center will now serve as medical directors in six CVS MinuteClinics in North Jersey as part of a new affiliation between the hospital and retail division of CVS Caremark.

A Teaneck Fire Department captain was hospitalized after he fell through a roof while fighting a three-alarm blaze in Hackensack Saturday, fire officials said.A The fire captain fell about 12 feet onto his air tank and was being held overnight for observationA at Hackensack University Medical Center, according to officials.

Michael DeStefan thought he had appendicitis when he went to the emergency room on a Monday afternoon earlier this month.

A Jersey City boy was struck by a truck on Lorio Court on Wednesday, leaving him with a collapsed lung.

Hackensack University Medical Center Dr. Joseph Feldman, chairman of the emergency department, President and CEO Robert C. Garrett, board of governors Chairman Joseph Sanzari, foundation board Chairman Joe Simunovich, break ground on May 17 on the new emergency trauma department expansion project.

TETERBORO - Three people were injured when a school bus struck a van on a ramp leading to Route 46 east from Green Street on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

Michael DeStefan, of River Edge, New Jersey, pictured May 19, 2012, underwent emergency surgery to remove a metal object from his intestine.

Doctors thought Michael DeStafan had swallowed a nail, fish hook or paper clip when he went to Hackensack University Medical Center last week, days after the River Edge resident had grilled a shell steak.

A young boy in New Jersey is in critical condition after he was struck by a large metal pole on Thursday.

Audrey Hepburn may always be remembered as the wide-eyed beauty in classics like "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "My Fair Lady," but for some, her legacy today focuses even more on her role as ambassador to the United Nations UNICEF fund, for which she worked to help poverty-stricken children in Latin America and Africa during the last five years of ... (more)

Merit Health Systems, Mountainside's owner for the last five years, is negotiating to sell the hospital to Montclair Health Systems - a joint partnership that includes Hackensack University Medical Center.

NEW MILFORD - An NJ Transit train bound for Hoboken struck an NJ Transit bus at the New Milford Avenue Crossing on Wednesday night, authorities said.

After the Township of Washington Council decided at its May 7 meeting to go back to Bergen County with more questions that need to be addressed and incorporated into a seventh proposal for providing the township with dispatch services, Mayor Janet Sobkowicz announced that she would not sign a contract with the county.

Education Specialist Pamela Pascarelli works with nursing student Corynth Torres, right, at an orientation session for student nurses at Hackensack University Medical Center.

WOOD-RIDGE An elderly woman walking along a sidewalk on Madison Street was struck Friday evening by a car backing out of a driveway, police said.

Four children and two adults sustained non-life threatening injuries in a four-car accident involving a school bus Friday morning.

The sale of Mountainside Hospital to a joint venture that includes Hackensack University Medical Center moved a step closer Thursday, with the State Health Planning Board recommending approval.