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The American College of Cardiology has recognized Lowell General Hospital for its demonstrated expertise and commitment in treating patients who come to a cardiac cath lab for care.

After more than 125 years of providing extraordinary care to sick and injured infants, children and teenagers, Floating Hospital for Children today takes on a new name - Tufts Children’s Hospital.

Lawrence, Mass. (September 18, 2020) – While the physical effects of COVID-19 have been widely documented, 100-year-old Rita Ducheneau has struggled with isolation at Marguerite’s House Assisted Living on the Mary Immaculate Health/Care Services campus in Lawrence.

In the 2020 US News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Lowell General Hospital was ranked 7th best in the Greater Boston region and the top community hospital in the area.

To help patients decide where to receive care, U.S. News generates hospital rankings by evaluating data on nearly 5,000 hospitals in 16 adult medical specialties, 10 adult procedures or conditions and 10 pediatric specialties.

The American Heart Association (AHA) recognized the Saints campus with its Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award, which recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

Lowell General has once again been recognized for the outstanding care we provide patients suffering from a stroke.

This distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing care to mothers, newborns and their families, as verified by the 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey. 

Lowell General Hospital was recently named one of the nation’s top Maternity Hospitals for 2020 by Newsweek magazine and the Leapfrog Group. We are one of just seven hospitals in Massachusetts to make this list. A total of 231 hospitals in 36 states were named.

The American Heart Association (AHA) recognized the Main campus with its Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award, which recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

Board president emeritus retires following 15 years of service.

Wellforce, the high quality, integrated Massachusetts health system, has united its member organizations under a new name - Tufts Medicine.

There is no time to waste when an individual might be experiencing heart attack symptoms. For the past 27 years, Melrosians and residents of surrounding communities have been coming to MelroseWakefield Hospital (MWH) to receive cardiac services close to home.

Lowell General Hospital has achieved our third consecutive Magnet Recognition for Nursing Excellence, an accomplishment realized by just 2% of all hospitals nationwide.

In the US up to 84% of adults will suffer low back pain at some point in their life and 1.5% of all physician visits are for low back pain.

Benefiting Home Health Foundation is a family affair.

The Lowell General Hospital Nurse Residency Program has been accredited, for a second four-year term, as a Practice Transition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs.

Mandy Chaput is constantly on the move keeping up with her two active young boys and her career as Director of Early Learning and School-Age Programs.

Nationally recognized neuroradiologist Christopher Filippi, MD, has been named Radiologist-in-Chief at Tufts Medical Center.

Patient recognized the signs of stroke and got help immediately.