Mildred Elley Launch Hero Scholarship

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mildred Elley Pittsfield launched a new scholarship award opportunity, the HERO Scholarship. 
 
The HERO scholarship stands for Hope to Engage in Education to Revitalize the Opportunity in Our Community and will be awarded to two Berkshire County residents who are looking to pursue an education that will lead to a career that will make a positive difference in this community. 
 
Mildred Elley offers career training certificate programs in the areas of Cosmetology, Massage Therapy, Medical Assisting, Practical Nurse, Medical Office Assistant, and Business Technologies Specialist. 
 
"Mildred Elley has been providing quality career education to Pittsfield residents and Berkshire County for over 30 years," said Mildred Elley Chairwoman of the Board, Faith A. Takes.  
 
To learn more about the HERO Scholarship, a list of requirements, and instructions on how to apply, visit: https://mildred-elley.edu/campus/pittsfield/scholarship or stop in to see an admissions representative and they will help you get started. 
 
Applications are due by Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, no later than 5 P.M and can be dropped off at the Mildred Elley Pittsfield campus, at 100 West Street, Pittsfield MA. 
 
Winners will be announced on Nov. 8 2021 and begin classes on Nov. 15, 2021. For questions, please contact Matthew Martin, Director of Admissions at Mildred Elley, mmartin@mildred-elley.edu or call (413) 442-0333. 
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North Adams Regional Reopens With Ribbon-Cutting Celebration

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

BHS President and CEO Darlene Rodowicz welcomes the gathering to the celebration of the hospital's reopening 10 years to the day it closed. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The joyful celebration on Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital was a far cry from the scene 10 years ago when protests and tears marked the facility's closing
 
Hospital officials, local leaders, medical staff, residents and elected officials gathered under a tent on the campus to mark the efforts over the past decade to restore NARH and cut the ribbon officially reopening the 136-year-old medical center. 
 
"This hospital under previous ownership closed its doors. It was a day that was full of tears, anger and fear in the Northern Berkshire community about where and how residents would be able to receive what should be a fundamental right for everyone — access to health care," said Darlene Rodowicz, president and CEO of Berkshire Health Systems. 
 
"Today the historic opportunity to enhance the health and wellness of Northern Berkshire community is here. And we've been waiting for this moment for 10 years. It is the key to keeping in line with our strategic plan which is to increase access and support coordinated county wide system of care." 
 
Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, under the BHS umbrella, purchased the campus and affiliated systems when Northern Berkshire Healthcare declared bankruptcy and closed on March 28, 2014. NBH had been beset by falling admissions, reductions in Medicare and Medicaid payments, and investments that had gone sour leaving it more than $30 million in debt. 
 
BMC was able to reopen the ER as an emergency satellite facility and slowly restored and enhanced medical services including outpatient surgery, imaging, dialysis, pharmacy and physician services. 
 
But it would take a slight tweak in the U.S. Health and Human Services' regulations — thank to U.S. Rep. Richie Neal — to bring back inpatient beds and resurrect North Adams Regional Hospital 
 
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