SALEM – The Memorial Hospital of Salem County is gaining a new owner, a new name and new life as Salem Medical Center. Community Healthcare Associates, a North Jersey-based company, announced its intention to buy the hospital last March. After buying the assets, it transferred the hospital license to an independent nonprofit called Salem County Hospital Corp. The…Read More…

A state official gave the final go-ahead for a local nonprofit health system to buy a struggling Salem County hospital. The Health Commissioner’s decision allowed North Jersey-based Community HealthCare Associates to purchase the Memorial Hospital of Salem County for $3 million, according to hospital officials. Starting on Feb. 1, the facility will have a new…Read More…

Nurses at Memorial Hospital of Salem County voted Thursday to ratify a first-ever contract agreement between HPAE Local 5142 and the new owners of the hospital, Community Healthcare Associates, which will take over once the acquisition is approved by New Jersey Commissioner of Health. “This has been a long journey for the nursing staff at the hospital, but we never…Read More…

After eight years of trying, registered nurses at a South Jersey hospital have voted to approve their first-ever contract. In a twist, the pact OK’d by the 110 members of the Health Professionals and Allied Employees Local 5142 isn’t with the current owner of The Memorial Hospital of Salem County, but with the future owner. “This has…Read More…

A state panel has taken an important step designed to help to save the ailing Memorial Hospital of Salem County. The State Health Planning Board voted 3 to 1 last week to recommend New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Shereef Elnahal OK the sale of the hospital to Community Healthcare Associates. A spokesperson for the health department…Read More…

A new name. Millions in investments. Major renovations. New services. Some 300 new employees. Will it be enough to turn around an ailing, nearly 100-year-old hospital in rural South Jersey? Community leaders, health care professionals and the company that plans to take over The Memorial Hospital of Salem County in Mannington Township say the answer is “yes.”…Read More…

More than 400 layoff notices have gone out to employees of The Memorial Hospital of Salem County and its related entities, in what officials say is a routine action in a pending sale. North-Jersey based Community Health Associates in March announced it planned to acquire the hospital in Mannington Township from its owner, Tennessee’s Community Health Systems. Memorial Hospital spokesman George…Read More…

Tammy Torres, DNP, MSN, RN, has been named Chief Executive Officer of The Memorial Hospital of Salem County, announced Ralph Padilla, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the hospital. Dr. Torres served as interim Chief Executive Officer for the past several months. Ms. Torres recently served as the Chief Nursing Officer/Chief Operating Officer at…Read More…

A Surgical Solution for Heartburn Without Incisions – Now Being Performed At The Memorial Hospital of Salem County TimmermanWhat may have seemed like science fiction, surgery without an incision, is now a reality that is giving back patients suffering from chronic acid reflux or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) a normal life. Daniel Timmerman, DO, chairman,…Read More…

Powerful local politicians keep close watch; not all services that previously had been eliminated would be restored Memorial Hospital of Salem County South Jersey leaders are cautiously optimistic about the plans of a healthcare facility group to revitalize a long-struggling Salem County hospital, an operation that healthcare advocates and public officials agree is a crucial…Read More…