Hospital Is On Last Legs ; Bankrupt Pascack Valley No Longer Admitting Patients

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The garbage bag tied over the blue-and-white hospital sign at Kinderkamack and Old Hook roads told the story: Pascack Valley Hospital is essentially closed.

As of 7 a.m. today, the hospital is no longer receiving ambulances or admitting patients. Elective surgery ended last month. The last baby, a 9-pound, 13-ounce boy, was born at 8:51 Monday morning. All that's left for one more week is an emergency room that will treat walk-in patients.

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Hospital Is On Last Legs ; Bankrupt Pascack Valley No Longer Admitting Patients

At 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, the halls were empty and only four patients were being treated in the E.R. Christmas stockings hung from the ceiling and a desktop Christmas tree graced the nurses station. "We've got to get it in while we can," a staffer said.

Meanwhile, leaders of the region's other hospitals flocked to U.S. Bankruptcy Co...

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