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Each night around 9:30 p.m., after working as physicians at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood, Drs. Avinash and Geeta Gupta log into Zoom to help people on the other side of the world.
The husband-and-wife team from Toms River use the hard lessons they learned battling the pandemic here in New Jersey to advise patients in India as COVID-19 overwhelms the hospital system there.
“Last year we passed through a very critical phase here in America and we had the experience, and this year India is passing through a similar if not worse phase,” said Avinash Gupta, who is chief of cardiology at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus.
Here are N.J.’s safest hospitals. See how yours ranked in new national report.
Updated May 03, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston maintained its straight-A streak since the Leapfrog Safety report card began in 2012. It is one of only 27 in the country to earn an “A” in each of the 19 report cards.
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New Jersey hospitals ranked 14th safest in the country based on how well they prevented infections, accidents and errors and communicated with their patients, the latest Leapfrog Hospital Safety report card released on Thursday found.
The scores for 68 acute care hospitals 26 A’s, 26 B’s, 15 C’s and one D helped New Jersey improve its standing from last fall, when it was 17th best, according to the report. Ten hospitals improved a grade and four hospitals slipped a grade. No hospital flunked. East Orange General Hospital scored the lowest with a D, the report said.
A Lakewood man, whose mother reported him to police for acting erratically in the home, is in the Ocean County Jail following an attack on police officers inside the home.
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