Heights University Hospital, the struggling acute-care facility in Jersey City, said Nov. 14 it will close immediately after executives at hospital parent Hudson Regional Hospital said they were turned down by the state a day earlier to get $25 million to continue operating.
Departments at the hospital including the neighborhood clinic, preoperative services, endoscopy, pre-admission, ambulatory surgery, the operating room and the dialysis unit will be reduced or eliminated and what remains will operate as a standalone emergency department. About 120 jobs will be cut at the former Christ Hospital, which was founded in 1872.
“Unfortunately, despite best efforts by the leadership at Hudson Regional Hospital, it was informed this afternoon that the State will not be providing the critical funding needed to sustain the operations of Heights University Hospital,” said Dr. Nizar Kifaieh, CEO and president of Hudson Regional Health, parent of the financially troubled Heights University Hospital…