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Hospital moving day — from Ridgewood to Paramus
Clip: 4/15/2024 | 4m 13sVideo has Closed Captions
More than 200 patients were transferred to Valley Health System’s new facility in Paramus
"It was an historic event— a monumental event," said Dr. Robert Brenner, president of Valley Health System, after 203 patients were moved from Valley's Ridgewood hospital location to a new facility in Paramus on Sunday. They hired 75 ambulances to transport each patient, one at a time — seven minutes per trip — an eight-hour endeavor.
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Hospital moving day — from Ridgewood to Paramus
Clip: 4/15/2024 | 4m 13sVideo has Closed Captions
"It was an historic event— a monumental event," said Dr. Robert Brenner, president of Valley Health System, after 203 patients were moved from Valley's Ridgewood hospital location to a new facility in Paramus on Sunday. They hired 75 ambulances to transport each patient, one at a time — seven minutes per trip — an eight-hour endeavor.
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A massive moving day for one.
North Jersey hospital took years to plan and just hours to execute.
The valley Hospital in Ridgewood completed its long awaited move on Sunday to a new state of the art facility less than three miles down the road in Paramus.
The catch?
Hospital staff didn't just have to pack up medical tools and equipment they needed to transport more than 200 patients seamlessly and without incident.
Senior correspondent Brenda Flanagan has that story.
It was a historic event, monumental event.
That's how Valley Hospital officials described moving 203 patients from their Ridgewood Hospital location to a brand new facility in Paramus yesterday.
They hired 75 ambulances to transport each patient one at a time, 7 minutes per trip, an eight hour endeavor.
We planned it so that it not all patients in a unit move at once.
So that everybody can get used to it.
And in the move, we had not only nursing, but sometimes physicians.
If it demanded traveling with the patients.
The task took two years of meticulous planning to reduce the number of patients they'd need to move from Ridgewood.
Valley Hospital, rerouted elective surgeries in the final hours, it covered up E.R.
signs and diverted patients to further ease the transition.
Their first patient in Paramus was admitted only a couple of hours after the doors opened here.
And there was a woman that was obviously pregnant and looking like she might be in labor.
And she said, Yeah, I think I'm in labor.
I need to I need to go upstairs.
3 hours later, they played this over the loudspeakers.
What's that?
That's a lullaby.
We play that every time a baby is born at Valley Hospital.
And we've been doing that for about 15 to 20 years now.
Their first surgical patient arrived soon afterwards.
I'll be the first guy to have a major surgery there.
Rae Andrea told Northjersey.com he driven past the new hospital often, but didn't expect to visit.
The new hospital.
Very close to our house.
And believe it or not, two months ago, me and my wife were coming from the mall.
And she's.
Look at the news by God.
Looks like seven star hotel.
It's so beautiful.
You think the first lucky men who want to be with their.
Thank you.
He had a triple bypass and he was just a really delightful guy to take in as our first patient.
Practice makes perfect, and the staff drilled several times to execute this move.
It was originally slated for January, but then rescheduled for April on a Sunday with good reason.
So Paramus on Sunday, the stores are closed and that gave us a huge benefit.
The traffic wasn't as high.
The new $868 million hospital in Paramus offers 370 single occupancy patient rooms with sofas for families and artificial intelligence tools to aid nurses.
Each room has a electronic device, and it uses artificial intelligence to detect if a patient is going to fall.
We have handwashing sinks that where you go to and it monitors all the staff that are coming in and out.
Meanwhile, the 73 year old Ridgewood facility will get a makeover, reopening as an outpatient medical arts pavilion, offering imaging and surgery for some of the 2000 nurses.
It was tough to leave their old stations, but they helped design this new hospital.
They're excited to blend new technology with old traditions, and that makes five new babies.
So far in Paramus, I'm Brenda Flanagan and J.
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