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manchester medical center
“It’s meant a lot to me to
be able to come home and
take care of my family, my
friends, their parents, and
their kids,” Kittredge said.
“I’m very proud to be from
this area and to be able to
do this.”
days a week, and the clinic will be
able to manage “truly anything
that walks through the door,”
Kittredge said.
“It basically comes down to any
time someone says ‘I need to
see a doctor,’” she explained.
“Broken bones. Lacerations. Fever.
Needing immunizations. Physical
exams. There’s nothing we can’t
handle. Most important, we
have physicians evaluating and
treating patients, each with over
10 years of emergency medicine
experience.”
In addition to the doctors,
the staff will include medical
assistants, paramedics, technicians,
and office personnel. The facility
will be equipped with a real-time
lab, so that most blood work
will be completed during the
patient’s visit. There also will
be on-site X-ray and ultrasound
equipment and a state-of-the-art
electronic medical records system.
Everyone will be seen, regardless
of whether they have health
insurance or difficulty paying,
Kittredge said, and the couple has
started the nonprofit Manchester
Medical Center Foundation to