NEW BEDFORD – Southcoast Hospitals Group opened the region’s first Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory at St. Luke’s Hospital on June 5, bringing sophisticated genetic analysis to the hospitals group and shortening the time between testing, diagnosis and treatment for area physicians and their patients.
Currently, many non-teaching hospitals across the country have to transport tissue and blood samples to a distant reference lab, sometimes taking more than a week for results, the hospitals group said. In Massachusetts, the only community-based molecular diagnostics laboratory is located in the Berkshires, making this a first for southeastern Massachusetts and one of the few community hospitals to house such advanced technology.
The lab will begin by instituting three primary tests for HIV, Hepatitis C and HPV (human papilloma virus), expanding in the fall to include more intricate DNA testing that is vital in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients, Southcoast said.
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Southcoast was formed in 1996 from the merger of Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Raytheon chosen by Navy to provide support services
WALTHAM – Raytheon Company has been selected by Naval Sea Systems Command to provide engineering and product support services as a SeaPort Enhanced prime contractor in each of the U.S. Navy’s seven geographic regions.
With a ceiling value of more than $28 billion, this 15-year multiple award, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract has a five-year base period and two five-year award term options, which would extend the contract period through April 2019, Raytheon said
The potential contract value to Raytheon is more than $100 million for the five-year base period ending April 2009, the company said. Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC will have the opportunity to provide engineering, technical, logistics and programmatic support services to the Navy, its 12 Product Area Directorates, and all naval surface and undersea warfare centers and laboratories. The program office will be in Portsmouth, R.I., with work performed around the country as determined by contract requirements, Raytheon said.
