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We have 4,000 great reasons to celebrate Doctors' Day. On National Doctors' Day, we're thanking the 4,000 doctors who practice throughout Hartford HealthCare. We offer our heartfelt thanks to the doctors who practice at Windham Hospital and Backus Hospital. windhamhospital.org backushospital.org
The state of Connecticut is making available to hospital emergency rooms an opioid reversal drug. Hartford HealthCare's Dr. William Horgan has details.
Hartford HealthCare is now taking care of Southeastern Connecticut.
Nobody saw 2020 coming. But despite challenges posed by a worldwide pandemic, Backus and Windham hospitals were able to meet [...]
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In New London County, the food insecurity rate for children is 16.8 percent, which means more than 8,930 children in [...]
By Cathy Schneider Clinical Dietician Backus Hospital When schools returned to academics this fall in person or online, or a [...]
Heather Massicotte helps patients and their families make decisions during difficult times. Massicotte is the first palliative care nurse navigator [...]
Connecticut Children’s and Hartford HealthCare announced Oct. 12 that they have formed a Pediatric Care Alliance to provide the children [...]
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