Athol Hospital

Athol Hospital is a 25-bed not-for-profit, Critical Access Hospital in Athol, MA located in Massachusetts’ North Quabbin Region. The hospital is governed the Heywood Healthcare Board of Trustees, and has 500 employees on staff. The Medical Staff includes 80 active, courtesy and consulting physicians in primary care and a multitude of specialties. Athol offers medical-surgery, special procedures, cardiology, emergency care, obstetrics/gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pediatrics, radiology, respiratory services, a hematology-oncology clinic, the Center for Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, and many other services on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Heywood Healthcare is an independent, community-owned healthcare system serving north central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. It is comprised of Heywood Hospital, Athol Hospital, Heywood Charitable Foundation, and Heywood Medical Group with primary care physicians and specialists located throughout the region (Gardner, Westminster, and Ashburnham). The organization includes six satellite facilities in MA: Heywood Rehabilitation Center and Heywood Urgent Care in Gardner, Winchendon Health Center and Murdock School-based Health Center in Winchendon, West River Health Center in Orange, and The Quabbin Retreat in Petersham. For more information on our different locations, visit