Bayshore Medical Center No Longer On Divert; Accepting Patients

HOLMDEL, NJ — Bayshore Medical Center is no longer in divert, meaning ambulances have resumed taking patients there and the hospital is once again seeing and treating new patients.

As Patch reported, Bayshore Medical Center was required to close to new patients over the weekend after there was a possible risk of a patient spreading the coronavirus to doctors and staff, officials told Patch.

Bayshore tested most of the staff who came in contact with the suspect patient, and all the tests came back negative.

Bayshore elected to shut down to new patients during that testing period.

At least two patients have been hospitalized with the coronavirus at Bayshore since the outbreak began; they are both women in their 80s from Hazlet who attended the same adult day facility in Marlboro Twp. Only one of the women still remains hospitalized as of Tuesday.

As Patch reported, the adult day center is Golden Age, located right off Tennent Road in Morganville, near the intersection of Rt. 18. It voluntarily closed last week when the two women came down with the illness.

Bayshore is owned by Hackensack Meridian Health system.

Initial Patch report: Bayshore Medical Diverting Patients Away