All bags/belongings entering the Emergency Department will be searched. It is suggested that patients only bring necessary items (e.g. Keys, ID, Phones)
All Patients entering the Emergency Departments will be Screened via a security wand
Patients entering the ED Treatment area will be provided a gown
Visitation Update - One visitor per patient (children may have both parents). Visitors will be subject to wanding and are asked not to bring any belongings into the ED with them. If they choose to bring in bags they will be subject to a search.
At this time, all protocols are not currently in effect at Athol Hospital. Full implementation is planned to begin in the coming days.
Heywood Hospital established the Suicide Prevention Task Force servicing the City of Gardner and surrounding towns including: Ashburnham, Athol, Barre, Erving, Fitchburg, Gardner, Leominster, Lunenburg, Hardwick, Hubbardston, New Braintree, New Salem, Oakham, Orange, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Templeton, Warwick, Wendell, Westminster, Winchendon with the assistance from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Suicide Prevention Program.
The mission of the Montachusett Suicide Prevention Task Force is to prevent suicide, and to provide education and resources to help those who struggle with depression, survivors of suicide, and those who have lost loved ones to suicide.
The Montachusett Suicide Prevention Task Force is sponsored by Heywood Hospital and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Department of Public Health's Suicide Prevention Program.
The Task Force is sponsored by Heywood Healthcare and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Healthcare and is led by Steering Committee Members: