William Newton Memorial Hospital

William Newton Memorial Hospital has a proud 72 year heritage of excellence in patient care. Although William Newton provides the latest in technology to assist the physician in diagnostic and treatment efforts, their strength lies in the "high touch" personalized, compassionate patient care that is often not found in a large impersonal medical center.

William Newton is classified as a not-for-profit 40 bed community general hospital. Hospital acute-care admissions in 1998 totaled 1,383. There were 914 major surgeries, 1,593 minor surgeries, 256 deliveries, 5,383 visits to the emergency room, 5,432 home health visits and 150 admissions to the skilled nursing unit and 52,882 total outpatient visits. The hospital is fully accredited by JCAHO and receives no tax subsidies. WNMH is fortunate to have a well diversified and excellent medical staff including 23 admitting staff and a growing number of consulting physicians and allied professionals currently in excess of 40.