A combative patient that was brought to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Friday assaulted multiple people and caused minor property damage, according to police and hospital officials.
Officials said the land transfer is crucial because it will allow Navigator to take in about $53 million in grant money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Covid-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, can all flare up as the weather cools and people head indoors, Martha's Vineyard Hospital officials said Wednesday.
Health officials on the Island are conducting contact tracing this week after a reported case of chickenpox at the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School.
The hospital has seen 43 patients with Covid in the past month, chief nursing operations officer Claire Seguin said, three of which have been hospitalized.
When Valci Carvalho was a teenager, newly moved to Martha’s Vineyard from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he took a job at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Twenty years later, he's running his own department there.
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital welcomed staff and patients past and present Thursday to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Cancer Center — the clinic that made on-Island cancer care possible.
