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DOVER Somersworth resident Jack Bocchino and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital staff want the same thing: for him to leave the hospital.
How that happens is in dispute and has resulted in a court case, a lawsuit filed by the hospital in an effort to remove Bocchino. He says if they agree to take him home, he ll happily go.
On July 21, two court documents were filed by Concord law firm Sulloway and Hollis on behalf of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. The documents were essentially the same, one listing the defendant as John Doe, and a second under Bocchino s real name.
The filings ask the court to compel Bocchino, 54, who is non-ambulatory and morbidly obese, to cooperate with the hospital on a discharge plan, and to work with hospital staff to find an acceptable place for Bocchino and his disabled son to live.
I often find myself walking past the Somersworth Veterans Memorial, which is located in Stein Park on Main Street and thinking about those who are or who have served over the years. One of the stones in the park is dedicated to the crews of the USS Somersworth and for many years could be found in the park that bears its name. That park is located at the end of Main and Market streets. The Veterans Commission decided that it would be more fitting to have the stone placed in the Veterans park and that is exactly where it is today.