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A new eight-room, state-of-the-art ICU occupies what was once unused space at UMass Memorial Health's Harrington Hospital. Just walking through the new unit, hospital leadership could feel the weight lifting off the shoulders of their nurses.

Bigger rooms with increased capacities for equipment and procedures are just some of Harrington Hospital's new ICU accommodations.

The health system said the new facility will help alleviate the capacity crunch in its hospitals' emergency departments.

UMass Memorial Health, the largest health care provider in Central Massachusetts, is not immune from the challenges plaguing the hospital industry.

A case in point is the 77 patients “boarding” in the hospital’s emergency department, meaning there aren’t enough inpatient beds to send them to.

In her Westborough home, baby Darcy is all smiles, snuggled into her mother’s lap. Home is where both mom and baby Darcy have found healing, thanks to a new Hospital-at-Home program offered by UMass Memorial Medical Center.

A Bolton couple's first child was born on the first of the year, and is believed to be the first in the region to arrive in 2025.

Milford Regional Medical Center's first baby this year was born to Radha Patel Bennett and Zachary Bennett, both of Bolton. Their baby, Anika, was born at 5:46 a.m. on Jan

Little baby Ezra waited but a minute to enter this world in 2025. This New Year’s baby arrived at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, making the little star UMass Memorial Medical Center’s first baby of 2025.

Every breath her daughter takes, every morning smile that lights her face reaffirms the faith Jimena Guerra, a divorced Leominster mother of three, has in the Almighty.

The weather outside might be frightful, but thankfully the physical therapists at the Center for Sports and Physical Therapy in Shrewsbury are delightful.

In the spirit of the holidays, UMass Memorial Health is sharing the story of two local strangers connected by an act of goodwill for a woman living with kidney failure.

Announces Samatha Gauvin’s appointment to chief nursing officer at Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital, a collaborative initiative between UMass Memorial Health and Encompass Health.