Emergency rooms at both sites ceased accepting new patients for admission.
“As a precaution, our emergency rooms are currently on divert status. There is no adverse impact on patient care,” Hackensack Meridian Health, in Edison, N.J., said in a statement to the outlet. Both facilities are part of the health system.
The specifics of the attack and the timeline for the reopening of the emergency rooms remain unclear.
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