HOBOKEN, NJ – According to tapinto.net With the threat of up to 2600 layoffs looming in CarePoint’s three Hudson County hospitals, healthcare workers and local legislators rallied together in Hoboken on Tuesday, demanding that the hospitals stay open. 

CarePoint runs three hospitals — Hoboken University Medical Center, Christ Hospital, and Bayonne Medical Center — that serve tens of thousands of people in a densely populated urban area.

The company filed notices with the state Labor Department that layoffs would begin on December 12, with the following results: Hoboken University Medical Center will cut 900 positions, Bayonne Medical Center will drop 859 and Christ Hospital in Jersey City will eliminate 843.

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/bayonne/sections/health-and-wellness/articles/carepoint-healthcare-workers-elected-officials-rally-to-keep-hospitals-open-2: CarePoint Healthcare Workers, Elected Officials Rally to Keep Hospitals Open