N.J. celebrities who died in 2020, from Adam Schlesinger to Tommy DeVito
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
Tommy DeVito was a founding member of the Four Seasons. He died of COVID-19. Jerry McCrea | The Star-Ledger
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As we wind down a tough year, here’s a look back at some famous figures we lost in 2020.
They come from various arenas entertainment, media, sports and politics but they all have some connection to New Jersey.
Some were Jersey-born, while others made their home here or spent their final hours in the state. Several died from complications of COVID-19, while others died of natural causes and various health conditions.
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated logo. (PRNewsFoto/Quest Diagnostics Incorporated)
SECAUCUS, N.J. and NUTLEY, N.J., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Hackensack Meridian
Health (HMH), the largest, most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, and Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world s leading provider of diagnostic information services, are teaming up to enhance the quality and value of diagnostic services to patients and their doctors.
Quest Diagnostics will manage laboratory operations and perform reference testing for 11 Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals under the long-term full laboratory management agreement. Financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed. Our partnership with Quest helps Hackensack Meridian Health continue to live our mission which is to transform health care in New Jersey and beyond, said Robert C. Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian
Highlands Medical Center receives life saving LUCAS device for first responders
New LUCAS devices for first responders in Scottsboro By Stefante Randall | December 21, 2020 at 6:31 PM CST - Updated December 21 at 6:34 PM
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (WAFF) - New, life-saving devices, are now in the hands of first responders in Jackson County.
CaresAct funding routed to Alabama has paid for eight new, automatic chest compression systems.
Highlands Medical Center EMS Director Matthew Wes said $120,000 was spent on the new LUCAS devices.
“It replaces our old manual CPR with an automated version of it, so it’s a lot safer for us,” said Wes.
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Highlands Medical Center officials: now is not the time to let our guards down and forget about COVID
Right now, hospital officials say they are good on bed space. They are caring for 16 Coronavirus inpatients.
Posted: Dec 22, 2020 10:24 AM
Posted By: Sierra Phillips
The hospital is currently taking care of 16 Coronavirus inpatients and 5 of those patients are on a ventilator. The hospital had 24 Coronavirus inpatients on Monday. To adjust for the uptick in numbers the hospital isn t doing elective surgeries. Right now, the Post Anesthesia Care Unit is being used as a non-Coronavirus ICU to help separate Coronavirus and non-Coronavirus patients. All Coroanvirus patients are in negative pressure rooms.
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