Letter to the Editor

Letter: Community and Deborah Should Build Programs Together

A Manchester residents shares her thoughts on Community Medical Center's push for cardiac surgery

To The Editor:   I have lived in Manchester for 18 years, and thought Mayor Michael Fressola would like to hear what I have learned both as a volunteer at Deborah Heart and Lung Center and also an in-patient there. Thus, my response to his letter to the editor this week about Community Medical Center's attempt to get a state license to perform cardiac surgery.  Mayor Fressola, during the last eight years I have had numerous opportunities to interact with Deborah patients, and have experienced their gratefulness for the compassionate care they received, whether insured or uninsured.   Mr. [Joseph P. Chirichella, President and CEO of Deborah Heart and Lung Center] suggested that it would be better for all of us if Deborah and Community …

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Letter: Cardiac Program Is Needed at Community, Despite Deborah CEO Stance

Manchester Mayor Michael Fressola offers a rebuttal to Deborah CEO Joseph P. Chirichella

Below is Manchester Mayor Michael Fressola's response to a recent opinion letter submitted by Joseph P. Chirichella, President and CEO of Deborah Heart and Lung Center, who states that a cardiac program at Community Medical Center in Toms River is unnecessary. Fressola has voiced his support for the cardiac program at Community before. Dear Manchester Residents, When I read an editorial from Joseph Chirichella, the president and CEO of Deborah Heart and Lung Center, I was shocked. So much of what Mr. Chirichella wrote about Community Medical Center and the residents of Ocean County was not only offensive, but simply not true. Mr. Chirichella claims a cardiac surgery program is not needed in Ocean County. This is false. Ocean County has …

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Letter: Cardiac Program at Community Medical Center 'Unnecessary'

A letter to the editor written by Deborah Heart and Lung Center CEO

Editor's note: Below is a letter written by Joseph P. Chirichella, President and CEO of Deborah Heart and Lung Center, who states that a cardiac program at Community Medical Center in Toms River is unnecessary. Manchester Mayor Michael Fressola came out in support of the Community program, as has the Township Council. To the Editor: Recently, the local news has carried stories about Community Medical Center’s push to petition the state for a cardiac surgery license. Community’s reasoning is that Ocean County has no cardiac program and, as such, one should be approved at its hospital in Toms River. While Deborah understands Community’s desire for a cardiac surgery program, Deborah is only a short drive away and health dollars are scarce — …

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