NJ hospital launches medical program aimed at Filipinos

Holy Name Hospital on Wednesday launched a medical program aimed at Filipino-Americans. The program is the first of its kind dedicated to Filipinos in the United States, hospital officials said. Holy Name plans to add Filipino dishes to the hospital menu, provide Filipino newspapers and TV shows in patient rooms, patient guides translated into Filipino and a network of 20 Filipino-American physicians. The hospital also plans a series of outreach events in northern New Jersey providing health screenings in partnership with local Filipino-American organizations. There are more than 110,000 Filipinos living in New Jersey, more than 19,000 of whom live in Bergen County.