The Hackensack University Medical Center has apologized to The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record for banning its sale on hospital grounds and pulling ads from its publications in what appeared to be a reaction to an article about the hospital’s board.
The paper reports that a statement released by Rubenstein Associates says, “The leadership of the Hackensack University Medical Center Board of Governors consulted with the hospital administration and everyone agreed to reverse the decision regarding The Record.”
The New York Times reports that, after the “article about the hospital’s reaction was published, [Malcolm A. Borg, chairman of the North Jersey Media Group,] said he received apologetic phone calls from some members of the medical center’s board.”
The hospital has requested that newspaper deliveries resume but, as of Friday, hospital representatives had not been in touch about resuming the advertising.
The Times reports that Borg’s daughter serves on the hospital’s board but he says she recused herself from most decisions involving the newspaper.
