BARNEGAT LIGHT — A Colts Neck man was charged Wednesday with killing a retired FDNY firefighter who was found dead at his home on Long Beach Island on Monday. Conrad Sipa, 52, was charged with murder and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Long Beach Township Police… Read the rest of this entry »
Every hospital in Monmouth and Ocean Counties will exchange ready-to-use new doses of the overdose antidote naloxone, free of charge, for the empty syringes used to resuscitate the overdose victims, under a partnership agreement announced today by Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni and Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato.
The hospitals affiliated with Barnabas Health, Meridian Health and CentraState Medical Center are absorbing 100% of the cost of the antidotes exchanged with law enforcement officers, according to Charles Webster, spokesman for Gramiccioni’s office.
“Protecting our citizens is our most basic and fundamental function in law enforcement. We can’t do it alone, so we count on help from friends and partners who cooperate with us and who share, in some form or fashion, the same responsibility and commitment in helping to protect human life. It is these partnerships that make us even better. Through this partnership, our local hospitals are standing with us as we fight the deadly epidemic of heroin or prescription opiates drug overdoses,” Gramiccioni said.
Posted: July 1st, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Heroin, Monmouth County, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor, New Jersey, Ocean County | Tags: Barnabas Health, CentraState Medical Center, Christopher J. Gramiccioni, Drug Epidemic, Joseph D. Coronato, Meridian Health, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, Naloxone, Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, Opiate Deaths, Opiate Epidemic | 2 Comments »© Copyright 2024 | MoreMonmouthMusings | All Rights Reserved