Heartfelt Stories – A Journey of Trust and Healing: Patricia’s Surgical Success

Dr. Heather Bartels and Patricia Shuster sit together in an examination room at Monadnock Community Hospital’s Medical Eye Center. Dr. Bartels, in a white coat, holds an eye model, while Patricia, wearing a floral dress, smiles beside her. Advanced medical equipment is visible in the background, highlighting the state-of-the-art facilities at the center.
Heartfelt Stories - A Journey of Trust and Healing: Patricia's Surgical Success
Heartfelt Stories – A Journey of Trust and Healing: Patricia’s Surgical Success

Heartfelt Stories

An icon of a teal heart inside a speech bubble with the text "Heartfelt Stories: Our Community, Our Care" below, symbolizing compassionate care and community connection.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.

Finding out that you need surgery can be overwhelming, but there are ways to ease the stress. MCH ensures surgical expertise for their patients conveniently close to home.

Patricia Shuster of Fitzwilliam knows this firsthand. When she required cataract surgery, she turned to the skilled surgeons of The Medical Eye Center, located at MCH. She says, “I’ve had other surgeries at MCH over the years because I trust the doctors and the OR team. It’s also convenient to me, being so close to where I live. When I went in, not only were all of the staff members professional, they were friendly—and funny. It really helped me to relax.”

The Medical Eye Center, which opened their Peterborough location in the spring of 2023, is just one of the premier practices serving patients at MCH’s state-of-the-art surgical facilities. It is here in Peterborough that talented and experienced surgeons and their surgical teams—including highly skilled nurses and surgical technologists — successfully perform general, orthopedic, gastrointestinal, ophthalmic, and OBGYN surgeries every day.

Whatever a patient’s surgical needs, our advanced operating rooms and high-quality, personal care are designed to take as much stress out of surgery as possible. “I’ve been telling everyone about my surgery,” says Patricia. “It was a great experience—I had worn glasses since I was a little girl, and now I don’t need to. I put my trust in Monadnock Community Hospital and will continue to do so.”

“It was a great experience… I put my trust in Monadnock Community Hospital and will continue to do so.”

The Medical Eye Center