Monadnock Community Hospital opens first gastroenterology department
Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough opened its first gastroenterology department last week to help meet the growing local demand for services.
Author: Olivia Belanger-The Keene Sentinel
Monadnock Family Services moves Keene-based care to Avon Street
The community health center moved to 40 Avon St. after purchasing the 85,000-square-foot building for $4.2m from Antioch University in 2022
Anesthesiologist shortage leads to delays in some surgeries at Keene hospital
Cheshire Medical Center in Keene has had to postpone some elective surgeries due to a shortage of anesthesiologists, a spokesperson said.
Cheshire Medical’s finances prompt action from health system
Financial loss due to several factors, such as cost of travel nurses needed amid workforce shortage
Cheshire Medical Center to pay $2 million fine in missing fentanyl case
U.S. attorney cites Keene hospital’s ‘failure to fulfill obligations’
Cheshire Medical Center settles with state, keeps pharmacy permit with restrictions
Hospital agrees to $225k administrative fine, costs
Local hospitals triage imaging procedures amid global dye shortage
Lockdown of Shanghai manufacturing plant blamed for worldwide rationing
Covid likely to stick around as ‘endemic’ virus
It’s not a ‘one-and-done’ event, infectious disease physician says
More people in their 20s have had Covid than any age group in New Hampshire
16.1% of cases are among people 20 to 29, DHHS says
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New England Rural Health Association awarded $1.6m HRSA Northern Border RCORP grant
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