NANTUCKET MA: The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) will present “Nantucket’s Hospital in Its One-hundredth Year,” featuring Dr. Margot Hartmann, at the Food for Thought series, on Thursday, February 24, in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street, at noon. Free admission; bring your lunch.
As part of a year-long observance of its centennial year, the Nantucket Cottage Hospital has begun to "honor its past" and "celebrate the future." Dr. Margot Hartmann, president and CEO of the hospital, will look at the beginnings, the milestones, and the accomplishments of Nantucket Cottage Hospital since its founding in 1911.
After a brief look at the history of NCH and the hospital "by the numbers," Dr. Hartmann will explain some of the challenges in providing around-the-clock emergency, in-patient and long-term health care on an island thirty miles out to sea.
The Thursday, March 3, Food for Thought will feature Chief William Pittman, who will discuss “The Nantucket Police Department.”
Talks are free to the public and are given by notable Nantucketers on a range of topics. The Food for Thought programs are supported by a grant from the M. S. Worthington Foundation.
Each talk begins at noon; bring your brown-bag lunch to the Whaling Museum. For additional information about the 2011 Food for Thought series, please call 508-228-1894, ext. 0, or visit the calendar.
