Nantucket patients can receive a flu shot at the Nantucket Cottage Medical Group physician practice inside the new hospital by taking advantage of the following walk-in flu shot clinics.

These clinics are open to all island residents. Flu shots will be administered on a first-come, first-served basis. The Nantucket Cottage Medical Group will bill your insurance company for the cost of the vaccination.

• Wednesday, October 9 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Sunday, October 13 from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Wednesday, October 16 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Thursday, October 17 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Tuesday, October 22 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Wednesday, October 23 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Wednesday, October 30 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Tuesday, November 5 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Thursday, November 14 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Tuesday, November 26 from 8:00 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Monday, December 9 from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

NCH is Offering Free Mammography Screenings to Uninsured and Underinsured Nantucket Women Over 40

Appointments will be scheduled throughout the month of October. If you are uninsured or underinsured, please call the NCH Foundation Office at 508-825-8250. Patients must provide the name of their primary care doctor as well as their Mass General Medical Record number. If you do not have a Mass General Medical Record number, please call 866-211-6588 to register ahead of time.

Nantucket Cottage Hospital ofrecerá estudios de mamografía gratuitamente a las mujers de Nantucket mayores de 40 años sin cobertura o con obertura insuficiente de seguro médico. Las citas se programarán a lo largo del mes de octubre. Si no tiene seguro médico o tiene cobertura limitada, por favor lláme al 508-825-8250 para programar una cita. Los pacientes deberían estar listos para dar el nombre de su médico de cabecera, así como su número de registro médico de Mass Gereral. Si usted no tiene un número de registro médico de Mass General, por favor llame al 866-211-6588 para registrarse con anticipación.

Free mammography screenings are made possible through generous support from the Peter M. Sacerdote Family.

(September 13, 2019) Two large sculptures were installed outside the hospital this week in the area that will become the serenity garden. These sculptures were created and generously donated to NCH by Gordon Gund, along with a gift to our recently completed capital campaign.

One of the sculptures, which Gund has named “Freedom,” is an abstract of wings made of bronze and perched on a base of Laurentian green granite.

“Nantucket is fortunate to be a permanent or migratory home for many species of birds that evoke this sense of freedom,” Gund said. “I hope this sculpture will give to all who see and touch it a sense of freedom and a respect for the freedom we all are fortunate to have.”

The other sculpture Gund has donated to the serenity garden at NCH is named “Flukes,” an abstract bronze sculpture of a whale’s tail descending into water.

“The idea for this sculpture came from my efforts to help free a pod of pilot whales that were stranded on a Nantucket sandbar several years ago,” Gund said. “My hope is that visitors to the Cottage Hospital who have the chance to see or touch the sculpture will experience the spirit and power of a magnificent fish.”

We thank the Gund family for these incredible contributions to our new hospital! Read more about Mr. Gund here.

Starting May 13th, all patients must use the new hospital entrance. The physician clinics entrance near Vesper Lane will close.

Nantucket Cottage Hospital will enter the final phase of the new hospital construction next week, bringing us one step closer to completion of this historic project. Demolition of the old hospital will begin on May 14th, but this final hurdle will also require us to close the hospital entrance at the physician clinics to ensure the safety of our patients.

This means the only patient access to the hospital will be at the new emergency department entrance off Prospect Street, effective Monday, May 13th. The physician clinics entrance is temporarily closed during this period, so there is no access to the hospital from the main parking lot.

We recognize having only one entrance for patient access to the hospital, even temporarily, will be a challenge for our patients and staff, but this is necessary to ensure patient safety during the final construction activities on the hospital campus. The hospital will be implementing several measures to assist patients in accessing the hospital during this interim period, including, including free valet parking for patients at the ER entrance 7 days per week.

If you see this guy around town, give him a high-five, a pat on the back, or maybe just a simple “Thank you.”

Dr. George Butterworth, the longest serving physician on Nantucket Cottage Hospital’s medical staff, will retire on May 31st, 2019 after more than 40 years of general practice and obstetrical care on the island.

“I would like to express my gratitude to all of my patients, current and past, with a particular thank you to all of you who have allowed me to participate in the birth of your children,” Dr. Butterworth said. “It has been an honor and a privilege.”