Healthcare Review

Free Information Session Offered on Adjustable Gastric Banding
Keene, NH- Cheshire Medical Center’s Bariatric Surgical Team will host a free public information session on adjustable gastric banding, a surgical treatment for obesity, on Tuesday, August 3, at 6:30 pm in the North Conference Rooms of Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene. 
Adjustable gastric banding is a treatment option for [...]

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Cancer Center at Lowell General Hospital Celebrates Third Annual Survivorship Day
Lowell, Mass. – Survivorship … it is a journey that begins at the very moment of cancer diagnosis and continues with you, forever. On June 9th, 2010, survivors and their loved ones, along with yellow-clad caregivers and staff of the Cancer Center at Lowell General [...]

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CHH Announces New  Latino Outreach Educator
Torrington, CT.  – The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital (CHH) announced an important resource for area Hispanic women living in northwest Connecticut. Patricia Pepen is the new Outreach Educator for the hospital’s Early Detection Program (EDP) and is working to spread the word about the free screening services provided through this program.
Pepen’s [...]

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GIRL SCOUT TROOPS DONATE TO THE PEDIATRICS UNIT AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND
PAWTUCKET, RI -  Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island’s Pediatric Unit accepted a generous donation of handmade quilts from the Pawtucket Girl Scouts. All 12 Pawtucket Troops participated.
Starting as a Silver Award Project around 10 years ago, and continuing today as part of [...]

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 Menig nursing home to receive quality awards from governor
RANDOLPH, VT – Gov. James Douglas and other state officials presented Orange County’s only nursing home with two prestigious state awards for quality.
For a sixth consecutive year, the Menig Extended Care Facility at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph has earned the Nursing Home Quality Award from the [...]

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Healthcare Foundation Grants $100,000 to MCMH Emergency Center Campaign
Ellsworth, ME – Maine Coast Healthcare Foundation’s Board of Trustees has approved a grant to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital (MCMH) totaling $100,000 in support of the F. Eugene Dixon, Jr. Emergency Center Capital Campaign.  The Campaign began in the summer of 2008 and has received exceptional support [...]

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