[6] It owns and operates two centers for immediate injury and acute illness care, one in Bloomfield and the other in Clifton.

[7] In the summer of 1890, Margaret Jane Merewether Power of Montclair, New Jersey came upon a small child who had fallen from a third story window, and was in need of serious medical attention.

Upset at the fact that there was no nearby health care facility, Mrs. Power called upon other ladies in her social circle, and vowed to work toward a solution to the problem.

Merit continued to operate the hospital until February 1, 2012, when ownership of the hospital was transferred to Montclair Health System, LLC, a joint venture between LHP Hospital Group, Inc. (LHP) (now Ardent Health Services) and Hackensack Meridian Health, who together also operate Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley in Westwood, New Jersey.

Later, his father Tony Soprano gets a bill of $2,200 per day for warehousing his son at the mental health facility.