Athol Hospital is a Critical Access, non-profit acute care hospital serving the nine communities of the North Quabbin Region. The hospital’s service area includes the towns of Athol, Erving, New Salem, Orange, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Warwick, and Wendell. The hospital opened its doors in 1950, the result of the efforts of community and business leaders to establish a local hospital to serve the healthcare needs of the region.
In 2013, the hospital partnered with Heywood Hospital to form Heywood Healthcare, a community-owned, non-profit healthcare organization bringing comprehensive new health services to the North Central region of Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Made up of Athol Hospital and Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Heywood Healthcare includes Heywood Medical Group – offering primary care and specialty physicians throughout the region. In addition Heywood Healthcare offers four satellite facilities: Heywood Rehabilitation Center in Gardner; West River Health Center in Orange; and Winchendon Health Center and the Murdock School-based Health Center in Winchendon.
Athol Hospital features a highly trained staff of dedicated professionals providing diagnosis and treatment in all major medical disciplines. Our medical staff includes family practitioners, internists, pediatricians, surgeons, and anesthesiologists. Through Heywood Medical Group, Athol patients have access to some of the most respected specialists in the region. In addition, a variety of physician offices are located in the Athol Hospital Medical Arts Building and in the West River Health Center in Orange.
The Athol Hospital campus features acute care treatment facilities, including fully-equipped operating room suites, 24-hour emergency rooms, and a Swing Bed program, which transitions beds from acute care to sub-acute care to accommodate the rehabilitation needs of recovering patients. Our Outpatient Services includes on-site cardiac specialists, high tech laboratory, cardio-pulmonary testing and a short-stay unit. Our radiology department includes a state-of-the-art MRI, accredited digital mammography, Spiral CT scan, ultrasound, fluoroscopy and nuclear medicine. Currently accredited by the Joint Commission (2012-2015). Our laboratory is accredited through COLA (2011-2013).