Runnells Specialized Hospital is a hospital in

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Hospitals in New Jersey, 2000 page 90: Accessed September 7, 2017 Runnells Specialized Hospital of Union County owns and operates nursing care facilities and hospitals in the state of New Jersey. It is a subsidiary of Center Management Group, LLC. Runnells Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare-Berkeley Heights has 344 beds and operates in Berkeley Heights.

History

Originally called Bonnie Burn Sanatorium,''Berkeley Heights'' By Virginia B. Troeger

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, November 1, 1996: Accessed September 7, 2017 John E. Runnells Hospital in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey came into service in 1912. As of 1955, the Runnells Buildings were used for

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, and there were also facilities for entertainment and recreation. In the 1980s, the John E. Runnells Hospital for Chest Diseases closed. In 1990, the new facility on 45 acres of property adjoining the old location was opened as the Runnells Specialized Hospital. In 2012, 150 were facing layoffs at the hospital, and 80 layoffs followed. Some of the layoffs were held off as a buyer was sought to privatize certain departments. Afterwards, plans to privatize and sell the hospital met with controversy. It installed a

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system in 2013. In May 2014, Union County approved the sale of the hospital for $26 million to a private management group. It had 300 beds for long-term care, and 44 beds for adult psychiatric care. Center Management Group of

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took over the hospital on December 15, 2014. The county that had previously operated the hospital continued to operate a county psychiatric hospital attached to the Runnells building. It was the hospital's first ownership change. 209 of the 391 employees who worked at the hospital for the county were rehired by Center Management or transferred to other county jobs, while 63 employees retired.Author Tom Haydon
Union County sells Runnells Hospital for $26 million; day-long negotiation completes two-year effort

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