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29-508: Plans for establishing a veterans medical center in New Hampshire and seeking legislative approval and funding began shortly after World War I. Final approval did not come until 1945. The following year, the US government acquired a parcel of land for the new center from the estate of Frederick Smyth , a former New Hampshire governor. The land included Smyth Tower , built by Frederick Smyth in 1888 and

58-622: A bill providing for the incorporation of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts . Smyth had advocated legislation to create the school in his inaugural address. The bill provided that the college be established as part of Dartmouth College and that it should be governed by a nine-member board of trustees. The agricultural college was originally located in Hanover, New Hampshire . In 1893, it moved to Durham and became

87-406: A designated National Historic Site . Construction began in 1948, and the hospital was officially opened on 2 July 1950. Over the next ten years it treated over 23,000 patients. In the late 1960s, the center joined with Harvard Medical School to provide surgical training and also provided residencies for graduates of Dartmouth Medical School . The aging veteran population in New Hampshire led to

116-491: A gift of nearly $ 60,000 to the association for the construction of a charitable hospital. Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital, named after George's wife in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary, was opened on December 15, 1891. In 1896, another hospital, the Memorial Hospital for Women and Children, was opened to provide care for poor women and children. The two hospitals merged in 1946 to become Concord Hospital. As part of

145-543: A job working for George Porter in Porter's general store and mercantile business. After three years, Smyth was made a partner in the business. On December 11, 1844, Smyth married Emily Lane of Candia, daughter of John Lane and Nabby Emerson. Emily Lane Smyth died on January 14, 1885. Smyth's second wife was Marion Hamilton Cossar of Manchester, daughter of James Cossar and Jessie Finlay. They were married on February 22, 1886, at Carmichael, Lanarkshire, Scotland . He continued to be

174-463: A merchant until 1849, when he sold his share of the business following his election to the post of Manchester city clerk at the age of 30. He was reelected to that post in 1850 and 1851. In 1852 , he was elected to his first term as mayor of Manchester . He was reelected in 1853 and 1854 . He was elected again to a fourth nonconsecutive term in 1863 . Many of the decisions he made as mayor remain today, including many "firsts", such as overseeing

203-634: A sound financial footing, and "mustered out" soldiers remaining in wartime military units. He oversaw a revision of state statutes, and was a strong supporter of passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (passed 1868), which guarantees due process and equal protection to all United States citizens. He also undertook to restore fish to certain state rivers, and he began publication of state papers. On July 7, 1866, during his second term as governor, Smyth signed

232-477: A wide range of injuries. Concord Hospital Medical Group, the administrating organization of Concord Hospital and affiliated institutions, consists of over 345 clinical providers in 28 sub-specialties at 35 locations. The Concord Hospital Association was founded in 1884, to provide care to the poor and sick of the Concord area. George A. Pillsbury , father of Pillsbury Company co-founder Charles Pillsbury , provided

261-506: Is Manchester VA's contracted community hospital partner. Frederick Smyth (New Hampshire politician) Frederick Smyth (March 9, 1819 – April 22, 1899) was an American banker, railroad executive, and politician from Manchester, New Hampshire . Born in 1819 in Candia, New Hampshire , he became City Clerk of Manchester at the age of 30. A Republican , he served four terms as mayor of Manchester from 1852 to 1854 and again in 1864, and

290-407: Is a teaching hospital affiliated with Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine , New Hampshire's only medical school. The hospital has "centers of excellence" in cardiac, cancer, orthopaedics, urology and women's health services, serving as a regional referral resource, and its level II Trauma Center designation certifies that the hospital has the resources to provide a level of care for patients with

319-745: The 1878 International Exposition at Paris . Smyth was a principal stockholder and president of the Concord and Montreal Railroad. He was a trustee of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston , and served as president of the New Hampshire Orphans' Home at Franklin . He died at his winter home in Hamilton, Bermuda , on April 22, 1899, at the age of 80. He is buried at Valley Cemetery in Manchester, New Hampshire, where his family has one of

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348-763: The Office of the Special Counsel . They also alerted journalists at the Boston Globe , which published a lengthy article on July 15, 2017, outlining the problems which had existed for several years despite the fact that the center had been upgraded to a four-star rating by the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2016. Within hours of publication of the Boston Globe article, David Shulkin , the Secretary for Veterans Affairs , announced

377-542: The University of New Hampshire in 1923. On July 19, 1866, the trustees appointed Smyth a trustee of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. He continued to serve as a trustee until October 7, 1897. At the first meeting of the board, on September 28, 1866, he was elected treasurer. He held the post until August 20, 1895, when he relinquished the post due to ill health. On April 10, 1895, Smyth

406-814: The US Congress to re-establish a full-service veterans hospital in the state. As of 2017, the Manchester VA Medical Center provided the following services: Because the center's full-service hospital closed in 2001, veterans requiring inpatient acute care are referred to the Boston VA Medical Center in Massachusetts, the White River Junction VA Medical Center in Vermont, or Concord Hospital in New Hampshire. Concord Hospital

435-456: The VA system, exacerbated these problems in some ways, since that system's administrators also failed to provide timely appointments for New Hampshire veterans. In 2017 a group of eleven staff from the center, including its retiring chief of medicine, Stewart Levenson, and the head of the center's spinal cord unit, William Kois, took their concerns about sub-standard care and conditions at the facility to

464-445: The addition of a residential nursing home and an ambulatory care wing in the late 1970s. Over the years several medical research centers were established, including one for post-traumatic stress disorder . The center originally had a 28-bed full-service hospital. Starting in 1999 the center eliminated its inpatient care services, and the center concentrated on urgent and primary care and on ambulatory and outpatient services. Following

493-460: The building, which led to a fly infestation and an inability to use a nuclear camera that was needed to monitor heart and bone health; failure to diagnose and treat a common spine condition called cervical myelopathy which left veterans in severe pain; and one man left paralyzed after suffering two strokes, which could have been prevented. The VA Choice program , created in 2014 to provide federal funding for veterans to receive medical care outside

522-627: The cemetery's 13 mausoleums. Smyth's name was honored when, in 1949, Smyth's wife Marion C. Smyth founded the Smyth Trust. The trust provides scholarships to music students in the greater Manchester area. Concord Hospital (New Hampshire) Concord Hospital is a non-profit hospital located in the West End of Concord, New Hampshire . It is the principal site of the Concord Hospital regional health system which serves central New Hampshire, and

551-539: The closure, patients requiring a full-service hospital were sent to VA hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts , and White River Junction, Vermont . The center also established in-patient treatment contracts with non-VA hospitals in New Hampshire such as Concord Hospital . Around that time administrative problems began to arise at the hospital, similar to problems throughout the VA healthcare system that emerged in 2014 . The problems included outdated and sometimes inadequately sterilized surgical instruments; failures to maintain

580-594: The construction of the city's first highways, the first water and sewer systems, the first sidewalks, and streetlights. He is credited with the idea to plant trees along city streets to provide shade and maintain the natural beauty of the city. In 1857 and 1858, he was a member of the New Hampshire General Court , representing Manchester's ward 3. He was active in the New Hampshire Agriculture Society, serving as treasurer for 10 years. He

609-553: The latters' bankruptcy following the COVID-19 pandemic. After successful acquisition, the two hospitals were renamed to Concord Hospital-Laconia and Concord Hospital-Franklin, thus establishing a unified healthcare network in central New Hampshire. In 2023, Concord Hospital did not meet the criteria to be regionally ranked by U.S. News Health for the first time in several years. It did, however, receive "high performance" ratings in hip replacement and knee replacement surgery. The hospital

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638-653: The merger, the Concord Hospital School of Nursing was established, remaining in operation until 1989. In the summer of 2019 Concord Hospital was upgraded to a Level II Trauma Center after years of upgrades and preparations, followed shortly by the opening of the Memorial building, which added new operating rooms, office space, and patient beds. In 2021, the hospital received final approval to purchase Lakes Region General Hospital and Franklin Regional Hospital due to

667-556: The prize money came from provisions in his will and then was funded by his wife, Marion C. Smyth. Prizes ranged from $ 25 to $ 10. The essay and elocution competitions were open to the senior and middle class while the reading competition was only open to first-year students. Smyth served as one of the board of managers of the National Homes for Disabled Soldiers. He was a delegate-at-large to the 1872 Republican national convention, and President Hayes appointed him honorary commissioner to

696-505: The removal of two of the center's top administrators as part of what he called a "top-to-bottom" review of the facility's operations. The following month Shulkin announced the establishment of a special task force to review the overall provision of medical care for New Hampshire's veterans and pledged $ 30 million to upgrade the Manchester VA center. Fallout from the affair led New Hampshire's congressional delegation to renew their efforts in

725-837: Was a director in the American Agriculture Society and a vice-president of the American Pomological Society. He served as one of the commissioners on the part of the General Government of New Hampshire at the International Exhibition of 1862, in London . When Abraham Lincoln visited the state in 1860, Smyth introduced him to a crowd as the "next president of the United States". He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Hampshire in 1860, but

754-414: Was elected in 1865, and again in 1866. Smyth's terms as governor were consumed by efforts to straighten out the state's wartime finances, which were in substantial disarray because of Civil War expenditures. He borrowed $ 1.2 million to fund the state's war debt, and settled all state claims against the federal government on terms favorable to the state. He is credited with putting New Hampshire's credit on

783-520: Was elected president of the board. However, business commitments and declining health prevented him from ever presiding as president, even though he held the post until his term as a trustee expired in 1897. In addition to his service as a trustee, Smyth established and provided funds for the Smyth Prize for Writing, Reading and Elocution for students of the agricultural college. The Smyth Prizes were awarded from 1881 until 1904. After Smyth's death in 1899,

812-438: Was recognized as one of "America's Best Maternity Hospitals" in 2024 by Newsweek, one of only two in the state to do so. In fiscal year 2017, Concord Hospital invested $ 51,513,840 of its annual budget to provide community benefit programs and services, which included $ 26,970,136 to specifically respond to the community health needs identified in the most recent Capital Region Health Needs Assessment conducted in 2015. In addition,

841-545: Was the 30th governor of New Hampshire . Smyth was the third of five children. Around 1838, he and Thomas Wheat began running a country store in Candia under the name of Wheat and Smyth. The store was owned by Wheat's father. They soon left to attend Phillips Andover Academy in Andover, Massachusetts . Financial difficulties forced them to leave Phillips Academy after one term. Smyth moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, where he found

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