Tag: Southcoast Health
New couplet care unit for infants and their mothers set to...
NEW BEDFORD – A new unit offering couplet care for ill newborns and their mothers is set to open at St. Luke’s Hospital in...
Southcoast CEO Hovan takes leave of absence following arrest
PROVIDENCE - Southcoast Health System Inc. CEO and President Keith A. Hovan is taking a leave of absence following his arrest on a charge...
Southcoast Health CEO Hovan remains in leadership role after assault charge
PROVIDENCE - Southcoast Health System Inc. CEO and President Keith A. Hovan was arrested Nov. 6 at his home in Rochester, Mass., on a...
Schwengel named president of Southern New England American Heart Association board
DR. ROBERT H. SCHWENGEL was named president of the Southern New England American Heart Association board. Schwengel, who has served on the board for...
Mechanics Cooperative Bank donates 8K KN95 masks to front-line workers
WELL-STOCKED: Taunton-based Mechanics Cooperative Bank has been supporting front-line workers with face masks throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The bank has donated a total of...
A side effect of the pandemic: Emptier emergency rooms
Dr. Laura Forman, chief of emergency medicine at Kent County Memorial Hospital, is used to seeing about 200 patients a day come through the...
BayCoast Bank donates $128K to 4 local nonprofits
SWANSEA – BayCoast Bank recently donated $128,000 to four local nonprofits in southeastern Massachusetts that are helping people hurt by COVID-19, according to a...
Southcoast donates tourniquets to N.B. police in honor of fallen officer
NEW BEDFORD – Southcoast Health has donated a tourniquet to each one of killed in the line of duty last year.
Tourniquets, used to control...
Southcoast threatens to end contract if Blue Cross doesn’t agree to...
PROVIDENCE – A standoff between Southcoast Health System, Southcoast Hospitals Group and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts could result in loss of access...
Five Questions With: Jacqueline Somerville
Registered nurse Jacqueline Somerville was named as Southcoast Hospitals Group’s senior vice president and chief nursing officer. She comes to the role with more...