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Heartfelt Stories – 88 Years and Counting: Gail’s Story

Madison Wright, Jennifer Wright, Gail Niskala, and Deborah Wright smiling and standing together outdoors in a snowy setting, showing three generations of a family
Heartfelt Stories - 88 Years and Counting: Gail's Story
Heartfelt Stories – 88 Years and Counting: Gail’s Story

Heartfelt Stories

At Monadnock Community Hospital, we are proud to share our Heartfelt Stories featuring inspiring testimonials from our patients, employees, volunteers, donors, and community members. Each story reflects the exceptional care, support, and compassion that define our commitment to our community. Join us in celebrating these remarkable journeys and the difference compassionate care can make.

Meet four generations of MCH patients

For more than a century, families like Gail Niskala’s have trusted Monadnock Community Hospital for compassionate, high-quality care — care made possible by community support.

In January 1935, a young New Ipswich man drove his pregnant wife through muddy backroads to a small hospital in Peterborough. There, his wife delivered a healthy baby girl, and the couple named her Gail.

88 years later, that baby is the proud matriarch of four generations, all of them born at that same Peterborough hospital, known today as Monadnock Community Hospital.

“We’re all MCH babies,” Gail laughs. “My daughter was born here in 1960. Her daughter Jennifer arrived in 1982, and my great-granddaughter Madison was born here in 2001.”

Over the decades, Gail has witnessed significant changes at MCH. “When I was small, the hospital was the old Parmelee family home. There were still fireplaces in some patient rooms! But today MCH is a big, modern hospital.”

Gail’s family connection to MCH includes her husband Randy, who worked as a mail room volunteer at MCH for several years.

“We are so grateful to have this wonderful hospital in our community,” says Gail, who recently received orthopedic care and physical therapy at the Hospital. “MCH is our family hospital. We just love it.”

From left: Madison Wright, Jennifer Wright, Gail Niskala, and Deborah Wright

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Because of generous community members like you, MCH continues to provide the same compassionate care that has served families like Gail’s for four generations.

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