Community Programs
Improving the health of our community is at the heart of The Medical Center's mission. Through our sponsorship of important programs, our financial support of community projects, and our development of new services, we work to guide our community to a healthier future.
Community Medical School
Domestic Violence Initiative (right side of page)
Fitness University
Greater Nashua Healthy Community Collaborative
Health Screenings
Home Health & Hospice Care
Nashua Area Health Center
Nashua Regional Cancer Center
Prescription Assistance
SHARP Program
Fitness University
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center is a proud sponsor of this free program developed by the Gate City Striders Running Club in 1989. For children ages 3 to 14, Fitness University is dedicated to promoting the importance of fitness, fun, and good health. Learn more about the program and the annual schedule of clinics that start each spring and culminate in Finals Day, where everyone is a winner!
Greater Nashua Healthy Community Collaborative
This volunteer group of non-profit health and human service organizations works together to address health issues and coordinate effective community resources.
Southern New Hampshire Health System provides both financial and extensive in-kind support to the Collaborative.
Learn more about GNHCC and the Foundation for Healthy Communities.
Home Health & Hospice Care
Twenty four hours a day, 365 days a year, Home Health & Hospice Care provides comprehensive home and community health care in southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts. To promote living with dignity, they offer services ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to skilled rehabilitation, nursing, and hospice care.
In the fall of 2000, Home Health & Hospice Care opened Community Hospice House in Merrimack. The Medical Center made a donation of a million dollars to its construction. We encourage others to join the effort to fund an endowment to ensure the financial stability and continued operation of such an important community resource. The eight to ten bed facility provides pain and symptom management, nursing services, social services, psychosocial and spiritual counseling, and family support to terminally ill patients and their families. A long-term dream of area hospice providers, the facility offers community access to comprehensive end-of-life care in a home-like setting. Currently, the only other hospice house in the state is located in Concord.
To learn more about Home Health & Hospice Care, visit www.hhhc.org
Nashua Area Health Center
The Nashua Area Health Center (formerly known as Neighborhood Health Center) is a center of Lamprey Health Care. Nashua's only community health center is located on The Medical Center's campus and receives our substantial support. (Fees are charged on a sliding scale to those who qualify.) Spanish and Portuguese are spoken here. Physicians, board certified in pediatrics and internal medicine, and nurse practitioners provide primary care. Nurse midwives and residents from Dartmouth Medical School provide obstetrical care. Services also include case management, chronic disease management, nutrition counseling, childbirth, and parenting classes, teen clinics, perinatal substance abuse, and counseling.
Call 603-883-1626 for 24-hour telephone advice.
Nashua Regional Cancer Center
The Nashua Regional Cancer Center (NRCC) is a state-of-the-art radiation therapy center serving southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts. A non-profit organization, the Center was established in 1992 by Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, St. Joseph Hospital, and Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in a collaborative effort to improve local access to comprehensive cancer care. Thousands of patients in our community have benefited from being able to receive radiation therapy locally.
The Nashua Regional Cancer Center is the only accredited radiation center in southern New Hampshire, licensed by the state of New Hampshire's Department of Public Health. NRCC uses the most current equipment available, including a digital linear accelerator, simulator, and treatment planning software. Patients receive care from an expert team of specialists, which includes certified radiation oncologists, certified oncology nurses, radiation physicists, and therapists. A radiation oncologist is on call for patients 24-hours a day. Their dedicated Breast Cancer Resource Program offers personal counseling and access to individualized support services.
The NRCC sponsors community education activities throughout the year, to raise awareness about cancer, to offer support to cancer patients and their families, and to promote early diagnosis of the disease. The center also maintains a library of information on cancer and cancer treatment which is open to the public.
For more information about the Nashua Regional Cancer Center, please call (603) 880-1590 or 1-800-500-1011.
For more information about cancer services offered at The Medical Center, go to Cancer Care.
SHARP Program
The Medical Center operates the SHARP (Store Household Sharps And Return Properly) Program to ensure the proper disposal of syringes and lancets used at home, and to help protect you, your community, and the environment.
To participate:
1. Use any hard plastic bottle with a lid, such as a liquid laundry detergent or fabric softener bottle, to store used syringes and lancets.
2. Place used syringes and lancets into the container, needle first.
3. When the container is 3/4 full, close the lid and seal securely.
4. Return your filled container to an approved disposal center. Do not place the container in a recycling bin.
Bring to The Medical Center's Main Lobby at 8 Prospect Street in Nashua:
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