Mountainside Hospital

Mountainside Hospital
Geography
Location	1 Bay Avenue border of Glen Ridge/, Montclair, New Jersey, United States
Coordinates	40°48′43″N 74°12′14″W / 40.812°N 74.204°W / 40.812; -74.204Coordinates: 40°48′43″N 74°12′14″W / 40.812°N 74.204°W / 40.812; -74.204
Organization
Care system	Medicare (US), Medicaid
Hospital type	Community
Affiliated university	University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Services
Standards	JCAHO
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	365
History
Founded	in 1891 as "The Mountainside Hospital"
Links
Website	http://www.mountainsidenow.org/
Lists	Hospitals in New Jersey

Mountainside Hospital is a community hospital located in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. The hospital has 365 beds and serves Northeastern Essex County. On May 31, 2007, it was purchased by Merit Health Systems, a privately-owned for-profit Louisville, Kentucky hospital management company which acquires, owns and operates community hospitals. Mountainside Hospital is one of only two for-profit hospitals in New Jersey.^[1]

History

In the summer of 1890, Margaret Jane Merewether Power of Montclair came upon a small child who had fallen from a third story window, and was in need of serious medical attention. Upset at the fact that there was no nearby health care facility, Mrs. Power called upon other ladies in her social circle, and vowed to work toward a solution to the problem. In 1891, a three-story building was purchased and prepared to care for patients. Dr. John J.H. Love was named the first President of the Medical and Surgical Staff of "The Mountainside Hospital". The word "The" was later dropped from the hospital's formal name, making it simply "Mountainside Hospital".^[2]

Location

Despite Mountainside Hospital's mailing address being in Montclair, and although it is often said to be in Montclair (even on the hospital's official website), the hospital is physically located in the neighboring municipality of Glen Ridge. However, a small portion (about 10%) of the adjacent Mountainside Hospital School of Nursing is in Montclair, as are most of the hospital's parking facilities.^[3][4]

In Popular culture

On the American television drama series The Sopranos, A.J. Soprano is placed in the psychiatric ward at Mountainside Hospital after he tries to drown himself in the family pool. Later, his father Tony Soprano gets a bill of $2,200 per day for warehousing his son at the mental health facility.

References

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External links

• Mountainside Hospital Web Site