Bergen New Bridge Medical Center (previously known as Bergen Regional Medical Center) is an acute and long-term care

hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...

located in

Paramus, New Jersey Paramus ( Waggoner, Walter H ''The New York Times'', February 16, 1966. Accessed October 16, 2018. "Paramus – pronounced puh-RAHM-us, with the accent on the second syllable – may have taken its name from 'perremus' or 'perymus,' Indian for ...

, US. The hospital campus also houses a

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and a mental health facility. The facility first opened in 1916 as the Bergen County Isolation Hospital,housing patients with tuberculosis and other contagious diseases. It later became known as Bergen Pines, inspired by the planting of more than 1,000 young pine trees donated in 1924 by Hackensack's Pioneer Masonic Lodge. In 1998, Bergen County contracted with the Solomon Health Group to form Bergen Regional Medical Center.

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* Paramus, New Jersey Hospitals in New Jersey Hospitals in Bergen County, New Jersey {{NewJersey-hospital-stub