While organ donations have increased in New Jersey by 323% since 1988, the number of organs available is still way short of the number of people waiting for life-saving transplants.
The items include bandages, sutures, tourniquets, scalpels, needles, syringes, IV supplies, stethoscopes, catheters, sterile bedding, COVID-19 test kits, and personal protective equipment.
Just as shore restaurants and shops prepare for summer crowds, hospitals and other medical-care facilities along New Jersey's coast have to make sure they're ready to handle the annual influx of summer visitors.
Hospitals across the Garden State are opening their doors to more visitors, thanks to positive trends in the way of COVID-19 activity such as cases and hospitalizations.
Your local hospital could soon take on a new policy that aims to clear up any confusion surrounding your ability to visit patients during the coronavirus pandemic.