Recent comments in /f/jerseycity

MsDemiBurch OP t1_j9kuyp2 wrote

Reply to comment by No-Practice-8038 in what's your preferred hospital to go to? by MsDemiBurch

I've actually have been trying to do some research but when I look at reviews on the hospitals like for recent ones all the hospitals usually have a mix of bad & good reviews lol I know the hospital isnt going to be a fun experience or the same regardless so Its kind of hard to do research on it as far as I know.

Which is why I ask cause I also looked at other people's reddit posts asking while those are usually 1 to 3 years old posts and I was told that hospitals can sometimes get worse or better over the years and I can imagine covid might of really effected that.

2

lucidrevolution t1_j9kth46 wrote

Reply to what's your preferred hospital to go to? by MsDemiBurch

As long as you avoid Carepoint/Christ Hospital you'll probably also avoid being butchered and abused. JC Medical Center (most recently acquired by RWJB who are decent reputation wise) is probably the only "local" hospital that doesn't completely suck, but I can't pretend they aren't really busy sometimes.

Hackensack is "a bit far" as you commented on another suggestion but I will tell you that hospital is VERY good and extremely recommended by anyone I know who needed care there.

6

restricteddata t1_j9krrlq wrote

Reply to Public Safety Director James Shea doesn't think there's a chronic problem with 911 in Jersey City by jcskunk

Shea says that the department handles 43,000 calls per month. So that's around 1,400 per day, which comes out to almost 60 an hour, or one per minute, assuming they were evenly distributed across 24 hours, which of course is an unlikely if simplifying assumption.

From the reporting it sounded like the dispatch had two people on call for the Taqueria night, and one was late, or something like that. I don't necessarily doubt the claim that they had +200 at that moment — it's a big city and 911 is used for a lot of different services — but by his number cited, that is pretty close to the norm? Like why can their system not scale to 2X normal volume? Any reasonable system would assume that there would regularly be demand above baseline, especially for a system based around emergencies.

Shea also seems to be pitching the idea that the problem here is "government technology" lagging behind "civilian technology," and that the "modern environment" is what is "overwhelm[ing]" the system. I find this... unlikely, and a strange framing. It does not sound like an informed or accurate response.

He really doesn't seem to get that this is a vital, necessary, emergency system. Having this work reliably is not optional. It is the bare minimum.

14

upnflames t1_j9kkbtk wrote

Reply to comment by Economy-Cupcake808 in Birds of a feather... by EyesOnImprovement

I think the comments are just pointing out the fact that she doesn't look to be in good health for 37. It's totally possible that she has underlying medical conditions, but this is also the look that an incredibly unhealthy lifestyle causes. It's not even the aging, look how swollen and red her hand is. That's a medical problem, regardless of age.

8

meggywaggy t1_j9kjgce wrote

Reply to Area around Lincoln Park by [deleted]

One of my friends rents on Oxford near Lincoln Park and she’s even scared to walk her kids down the street. Really not a great area. In the 4 months that they’ve lived there they’ve had mobs congregate outside her building, trash fires, and theft just within her block. Personally, I’d pass.

7

Knobbies4Ever t1_j9ki83s wrote

Reply to Area around Lincoln Park by [deleted]

Can you clarify: are you thinking about buying a 2-family and living there (and renting out the other unit)? Or purchasing an investment property you won't live in?

5