New Jersey's Alternate Care Sites

Field medical stations and expanded hospital capacity are among the alternate care options New Jersey has developed to care for individuals who are COVID positive as well as health care workers and other community members who need to isolate but no longer require acute medical care.


Field Medical Stations

East Orange Alternate Care Site 

  • Status: Open
  • Capacity: The East Orange Alternate Care Site, located in a former physical therapy rehabilitation center, has space set aside for individuals in isolation who have tested positive for COVID-19, don’t have shelter and need a higher level of medical care.
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Expanded hospital capacity

The state Department of Health has also worked with hospitals to increase bed capacity. A former gym at New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus has been transformed into a 30-bed facility and a 100-bed tented facility had been added outside through the work of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, 37 beds have been added to St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton. Salem Memorial Hospital, Hackensack Meridian – Pascack Valley and St. Joseph’s hospital have all increased capacity as well.

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Hotels

The state Health Department is actively working with local health departments that have reserved rooms at  hotels for individuals who are in quarantine, as well as to provide care to COVID-positive health care workers and community members who are in need of a safe place to isolate but no longer need medical care.

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COVID-19 Information Hub

For more COVID-19 information: Please visit the New Jersey Information Hub at: https://covid19.nj.gov/

 

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Last Reviewed: 7/8/2020