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Hospital president’s first summer at the helm
Claire Seguin is stepping into her first summer leading the largest provider of healthcare for Martha’s Vineyard. As new president and chief operating officer, she’s been the face of the…
Charity swim raises over $300,000 for Vineyard cancer center
As the sun rose on Meneshama beach on Saturday, hundreds of Islanders and visitors made their way into the cold up-Island water, riding the tide against cancer at the inaugural Martha’s Vineyard Swim Across America open-water swim. The event, led by two local 17-year-old students Leah Thomson and Zoe Treitman, raised $334,043 for the Mass…
Tisbury Board of Health bans kratom
The Tisbury Board of Health unanimously voted to adopt a regulation banning the local manufacturing, sale, and distribution of kratom during a public hearing on Tuesday. Tisbury follows in the footsteps of Edgartown, which banned kratom sales June 9. Previously available for sale in Tisbury, kratom products are made with ingredients from a tropical Southeast…
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Navigator Homes celebrates the completion of nursing home complex
Navigator Homes, a 26-acre nursing home complex, celebrated the completion of its facility on Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday afternoon. About 150 people, including many of the home’s elderly tenants, gathered beneath the heat without shade to take in speeches by officials involved in the facility’s…
Ten days in at the hospital’s new tick clinic
Last Thursday afternoon, June 25, the new Express Care and Tick Clinic was open for appointments. It’s one of many responses from health organizations to increased hospital visits and a rising number of positive tests for tick-borne conditions, like the allergy to mammalian products called alpha-gal syndrome. The new center,…
Chief nurse named at the hospital
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has announced that Renee Clancy, the longtime executive director of nursing, was appointed the new chief nursing officer. The role was previously held by the new president and chief operating officer, Claire Seguin. Clancy has been a member of the hospital’s nursing leadership team for six…
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