As Muhlenberg supporters prepare to commemorate the closing of Plainfield's Muhlenberg Hospital a year ago (see end of post), an ugly rumor about the SED's future is making the rounds.
Word in the street is that Solaris Health System is finding the overhead of maintaining the entire complex a financial burden, especially with no buyer in sight, and would like to reduce expenses by mothballing the main building, of which the SED is a part.
This would mean moving the SED, imaging and records to another part of the campus.
Such a development would only increase the suspicions of stakeholders such as Restore Muhlenberg and POP that a plan like this was always in the thinking of Solaris but not presented in the original proposal for fear that it would be a deal-killer in getting the State's permission to shut down the hospital which had served Plainfield and the surrounding communities for 131 years.
Let's hope it's only a troubling rumor and not a real plan.
- Today - August 12. 6 - 8 PM. Commemorating the 1st Anniversary of Muhlenberg's Closing. A solemn observance on the eve of the first anniversary of the loss of Muhlenberg Hospital. All are invited to wear black and bring candles for a vigil as well as friends. Sponsors: Restore Muhlenberg Coalition and POP. Info: (908) 731-1518.
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3 comments:
VERY SAD, what a SHAME. why couldn't or didn't the goverment help muhlenberg and ALL the other hospitals that HAD to close. they bailed out the CROOKS, the GREEDY- CORRUPT businesses that ruined themselves, and a whole list of others. everyone recieved help, but something that is IMPORTANT as healthcare was IGNORED. hmmm.... i hope the goverment's new healthcare plan doesn't fail us, ALSO!
Where is the administration and JG? Why are they not speaking out and either dispelling the rumors or confirming them.
Where is the outrage in the community that nothing is being said and that yet, again, Plainfield is gettin the shaft?
But of course, let's not vote for Pivnichny or Vastine/Marks because they wouldn't be good for Plainfield and the county - not like the great service we are getting now from our officials- right?
I say for R for the Right thing to do.
Nothing to do with the post, but I just looked at the Rahway Rising blog. Really depressing to see how other cities are progressing, and ours is - what - what is it doing?
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