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Your donation will

• Support immediate patient care
• Fund the critical needs of our team members
• Support research for COVID-19 treatments

A message from our foundation

Dear friends,

Thank you. Your support for our team has been overwhelming and your commitment to helping your fellow community members is truly heartwarming. While so much of what we are seeing every day is difficult, there are so many examples of good, including donations of food, PPE and masks, as well as generous financial gifts.

But more help is needed, and we are asking for your help. If you are able to make a monetary donation to our relief efforts, thank you. If you are unable to make a financial gift, but would still like to show your support, you may email grateful@hmhn.org and we will share your messages of encouragement and thanks with our care teams.

Thank you again for your invaluable dedication to Jersey Shore University Medical Center. If you would like additional information about Hackensack Meridian Health’s COVID-19 response, please visit www.hackensackmeridianheath.org/covid19.

With gratitude,

Immediate hospital needs

More than ever, Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s mission to take care of our families, friends and neighbors has an urgency that is a call to action for everyone who has ever been touched by our hospitals.

At this time, our needs total more than $1.6 million to care for our communities. Your support matters and we are more grateful than we can say. Thank you.

Satellite Emergency Department Tent | Mobile Satellite Emergency Department
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Jersey Shore University Medical Center has enhanced its infection control efforts. To help with infection prevention for physicians, nurses, team members, and patients, tents and other precautionary measures have been set up outside the Emergency Department, including setting up a small tent at the emergency department entrance. This allows for a rapid drive-in triage process that can separate potential COVID patients with respiratory illness and fever into the medical center’s emergency department while patients without those symptoms are taken to the satellite registration/triage tent. Another series of tents provides a covered walkway to the satellite tent. As part of this process, we have partnered with the Department of Health to deploy a Mobile Satellite Emergency Department (MSED), outside the Emergency Department ambulance entrance. The MSED and satellite tent increase our infection control and are proactive measures in the event we require surge space for patients. All of these additional emergency management practices are aligned with directives from the CDC, N.J. Department of Health and local Offices of Emergency Management to help manage confirmed cases of this virus.

Crisis Nurses and Respiratory Therapists
As the number of cases in Monmouth and Ocean counties continues to rise, Jersey Shore University Medical Center will need to hire additional clinical personnel to support our Emergency Department and critical care nursing teams, as well as additional respiratory therapists.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for our staff
As we continue the fight to contain coronavirus/COVID-19 and end this pandemic, we are working around the clock to ensure our physicians, nurses and clinicians have the necessary equipment, supplies and resources to take care of and protect our patients, team members and the community. Help us obtain the vital supplies and equipment that our teams need to help keep themselves safe. We are relying on them to care for our patients, and they are relying on us to protect them. Ever-increasing equipment needs include N95 Masks/Respirators, Surgical Masks, Goggles, Protective Face Shields and Isolation Gowns.

The Jersey Shore University Medical Center Foundation is the tax-exempt charity providing philanthropic support for Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

As part of the Hackensack Meridian Health family, Jersey Shore University Medical Center has been serving patients across Central and Southern New Jersey for more than a century and is considered the leading academic medical center in the region.

Vital funding from individuals, businesses, foundations, and organizations all support Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s commitment to keeping our community healthy and advancing medicine through clinical care, teaching, and research.