This, combined with several years of operating losses, forced Well Care Group, the owner of the hospital, to seek a buyer.

On November 21, the facility stopped providing medical care, and the administrative remaining departments closed shortly thereafter.

[12] On October 1, 2008, HUMC opened up a satellite emergency department called Hackensack University Medical Center North at Pascack Valley.

[13] HUMC, jointly with Legacy Hospital Partners, Inc. (now Ardent Health Services), sought to obtain a license to open a 128-bed acute care facility at the PVH site.

[14] In February 2012, the New Jersey Health Commissioner announced approval of the HUMC application to open a fully functioning hospital on the site.