THE LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL

Lowell general hospital's primary service area ("psa") is comprised of the following nine communities: billerica, chelmsford, dracut, dunstable, lowell, tewksbury, tyngsboro and westford, massachusetts, and pelham, new hampshire, with a total of approximately 291,000 residents. The hospital's secondary service area ("ssa") has a population of almost 340,000 and includes the surrounding municipalities of andover, carlisle, groton, lawrence, littleton, methuen, north andover, pepperell and wilmington, massachusetts, and hollis, hudson and nashua, new hampshire.the hospital offers the latest technology and a full range of medical, surgical and critical care services for patients, from newborns to seniors. It is currently licensed by the massachusetts department of public health to operate a total of 434 acute care beds (301 adult medical/surgical, 29 intensive care, 40 pediatric, 26 obstetrical, 10 level iib special care nursery bassinets and 28 well-newborn bassinets).