Heights University Hospital, which has served Jersey City for over 150 years, closed its doors on Saturday after failing to secure millions in critically needed state funds to keep it operational and pay employees, according to its parent company.

Hudson Regional Health, which owns the hospital, announced via its social media platforms on Saturday that only the hospital’s emergency room would remain open. Hudson Regional Health itself took control of the hospital and two others in Bayonne and Hoboken from Hudson County’s struggling CarePoint Health System in April.

“It was difficult to conceive of an employer that could be more harmful to its employees and its community than CarePoint has been in Hudson County,” read a statement by Health Professionals and Allied Employees, the union representing the hospital's staff. “But Hudson Regional Health has surpassed CarePoint as the worst employer in Hudson County.”

The union’s statement also said its members have been left without future employment and a paycheck for two weeks of work.

Dr. Nizar Kifaieh, president and CEO of Hudson Regional Health, said at a press conference Friday that the hospital was losing $1.5 million per week. State legislators had been seeking a $25 million stopgap to keep the hospital running, and it received a $2 million cash infusion last month, NJ.com reported.

The hospital’s closure has also become a talking point in the hotly contested election for Jersey City mayor, with both candidates calling it unacceptable.

James Solomon called the hospital’s closure a “travesty,” while adding that he believes it is unacceptable for Hudson Regional Health to miss payroll.

”They've said they're going to make all these employees whole and that's our expectation and we're going to hold them to that, but it should have never come to this in the first place,” he told Gothamist.

In a statement, Solomon’s opponent, former NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey, said the hospital’s preservation “is not just important, but essential.”

“The site’s primary and legally protected purpose must remain health care delivery for the people of Jersey City,” he said.

Solomon and McGreevey, both Democrats, will face each other in a runoff mayoral election on Dec. 2.

Heights University Hospital was originally founded on Palisades Avenue as Christ Hospital in 1872.