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| Boston Globe | Funding/Grants,  Human Interest,  In the Community,  In the Media,  Legislation

‘A blunt force axe’: Mass. Democrats warn of harm to hospitals, health care under Trump budget proposal

The Republican budget bill that passed the House last week would cause health care chaos and a massive transfer of wealth to the rich, Massachusetts’ leading Democrats argued Tuesday as the party mobilized a nationwide bid to derail the legislation. The budget bill, which now awaits a vote in the...

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| Worcester Business Journal | Awards/Recognition,  In the Community,  In the Media

2025 Power 100: Dr. Eric Dickson

When Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer was about to close in the summer of 2024, Dickson said he was looking into every opportunity possible to support the region left without its most central hospital. Just nine months after the hospital’s closure, UMass Memorial announced it would open up a...

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| WROR 105.7 | Human Interest,  In the Community

81-Year-Old Becomes Oldest Graduate at Worcester State with Nursing Master’s

At 81, Eileen Montecalvo made history at Worcester State University, earning her Master of Science in Nursing. She became the oldest graduate the school has ever seen.

Remember that the patient comes first, not the computer... Always keep the patient and their family first.

Eileen Montecalvo | Master of Science, Nursing
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| Telegram & Gazette | Human Interest,  In the Community

'That golf course is unbelievable': Worcester CC winds up the talk at the Travelers media day

Nathan Grube, tournament director of the Travelers Championship, called it one of the top five golf courses he has played. Andy Bessette, Travelers executive vice president and chief administrative officer, declared it was the most fun golf course he has played.

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| Community Advocate | In the Community,  In the Media,  Patient Care

Marlborough Hospital set for state-of-the-art expansion

Marlborough Hospital is getting ready to introduce state-of-the-art equipment. During the City Council meeting on April 14, Brian Falk, the attorney representing Marlborough Hospital and UMass Memorial Realty Inc., presented details of a special permit to allow a proposed 8,000-square-foot expansion...

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| WCVB Channel 5 | In the Community,  Patient Care

UMass Memorial Health unveils plans for new satellite emergency facility in Groton, MA

UMass Memorial Health is moving ahead with plans to build a new satellite emergency facility to fill the void left by the closure of Steward Health Care's Nashoba Valley Medical Center.

At a meeting in Groton, Massachusetts, on Tuesday night, officials from UMass said the state's Department of Public Health approved the proposal for the facility, which will be located in the town.
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| Spectrum News 1 | Human Interest,  In the Community,  In the Media,  Patient Care

New UMass Memorial Health acute-care facility looks to address bed shortage in Massachusetts

We're getting a closer look at UMass Memorial Health's new North Pavilion Building. The facility, which is on the property of the former Beaumont Rehabilitation Center, looks to address ongoing bed shortage problems throughout the region.

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| Worcester Business Journal | Human Interest,  In the Community,  Patient Care

Mounting costs: As rising health costs hit Hispanic communities hardest, Central Mass. leaders are addressing inequities through cultural competency

Healthcare expenditures throughout Massachusetts soared to $78.1 billion in 2023, averaging $11,153 per resident. The year’s total represented an 8.6% per-capita increase from 2022, according to a report released in March by the Center for Health Information and Analysis.

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| The Worcester Guardian | Human Interest,  In the Community

Husband’s gift, wife’s miracle: the kidney that saved 2 lives

When Erin Murphy thinks about how her husband helped her receive a kidney transplant much sooner than expected, she has only one way to describe it.

“It’s a miracle,” she said.

Murphy, 51, was 40 when she began to feel tired and she found out that she had polycystic kidney disease, which causes cysts...

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