Westminster couple welcomed their new bundle of joy on Jan. 2
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GARDNER A Westminster couple celebrated the start of the new year by welcoming a healthy and happy baby boy to the world at Heywood Hospital’s LaChance Maternity Center.
Amber Gagne and Alexander Benincaso were the first parents to have a child in the local area at precisely 4:11 a.m. on Jan. 2.
At birth, Noah James Benincaso was delivered weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and was 19.75 inches long.
The family is doing well and Heywood Hospital’s LaChance Maternity Center wishes them a healthy and wonderful new year.
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New location offers expanded space for staff and patients
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GARDNER The Community Health Connections new COVID-19 testing site at the former Prospect Street School has opened to the public. The new location, which replaces the group’s former site on Connors St., officially opened on Dec. 21.
Community Health Connections CEO and President John DeMalia said the new facility allows for increased capacity and the ability to accommodate patients during the cold weather.
“Our original testing site had a test setup outside for patients to walk up and be tested,” DeMalia said. “As the weather changed, this became unworkable. We then brought patients into our facility but significantly reduced the number of patients that we could test while still maintaining our normal services.”
Heywood Hospital Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ for the Fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
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Published: 12/18/2020 5:09:20 PM
Modified: 12/18/2020 5:09:07 PM
GARDNER Heywood Hospital was awarded an “A” in the Fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing Heywood Hospital’s achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care.
The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Safety Grade assigns an A, B, C, D or F grade to all general hospitals across the country and is updated every six months. It is based on a hospital’s performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care.
Four hospitals in Central Massachusetts received an A for safety in twice-a-year reviews by a national group on Monday.
The Leapfrog Group s fall reviews include As for Harrington Hospital in Southbridge, Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Marlborough Hospital and Milford Regional Medical Center. Among the area s largest hospitals, Saint Vincent Hospital got a B and UMass Memorial Medical Center s Memorial and University campuses in Worcester both earned a C.
The Leapfrog Group scores more than 2,600 hospitals on a grade rank of patient safety based on publicly available data on prevention of medical errors, infections and other potential harms on patients. Of 58 hospitals rated across Massachusetts, 33 received As, 14 got Bs, and 11 got Cs.