By Liora Engel-Smith/VTDigger When Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital’s chief executive talks about the challenges facing his organization, housing is near the top of the list. “It’s really astounding,” Shawn Tester, who heads the hospital in St. Johnsbury, said last month. “ […]
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‘There’s just not a light on the horizon:’ Vermont hospital staff swamped by record Covid-19 hospitalizations
By Liora Engel-Smith, Erin Petenko and Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger RUTLAND — Asked what it’s like to do her job right now amid a staffing crisis and surging Covid-19 hospitalizations, a nurse heading home from Rutland Regional Medical Center on Monday, Jan. […]
Money is now the dominant interest in health care
By Vicki Ward Editor’s note: This commentary is by Vicki Ward of Barnard, who holds a master’s degree in family nursing and a post-master’s certificate in psychiatric and mental health nursing. This piece was published in VTDigger Oct. 8. I […]
Local artist Maurie Harrington leads watercolor workshop
Sunday, Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. — KILLINGTON — Throughout the winter months, local artist Maurie Harrington, a signature member of the Vermont Watercolor Society and featured artist on the cover of 2016 UVM Medical Center calendar, will be teaching watercolor painting […]