Instead of heading to a Boston medical facility, Harwich resident Richard R. Tilley recently traveled to Nantucket Cottage Hospital for his medical procedure with one of our visiting gastroenterologists, Dr. Douglas Horst. Mr. Tilley had this to say following his NCH experience:

“All aspects of my hospital stay from reception to discharge exceeded all my expectations. Your staff was professional, courteous, patient caring, timely and knowledgeable. In all my 85 years of hospital experiences, Nantucket is #1.”

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month is observed in October, and Nantucket Cottage Hospital is offering free mammography screenings to uninsured Nantucket women over 40 years old.

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among women, and early detection through self examinations and mammography is extremely important.  (more…)

Nantucket Cottage Hospital celebrated its longtime employees this week with service awards during its annual Employee Appreciation Luncheon.

President and CEO Dr. Margot Hartmann honored 28 hospital employees for their milestones and achievements over the years. (more…)

One morning last year John Belash was standing at the bathroom sink of his Nantucket home when he suddenly fell backwards. The 84-year-old island resident didn’t know it immediately, but he was suffering from a stroke.

Rushed to Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Belash has only a vague recollection of being on a gurney as he was taken to the hospital’s emergency department. His clearest memory is seeing a doctor on a television monitor consulting with the emergency room physicians at his side.

The doctor on the screen was a stroke specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital who was communicating in real time with Belash’s doctors on the island through Nantucket Cottage Hospital’s tele-stroke program. The clinical team quickly diagnosed Belash’s condition as a stroke. (more…)