b'6Multiple teams in Concord, Laconia andSince the purchase, the number ofConcord Hospital health system also Franklin are cooperating to standardizepatients has increased more thanhave taken on LRGH responsibilities. systems and procedures to avoidexpected at the hospitals in LaconiaDonovan said more doctors want to redundancies and expenses that led toand Franklin and at their affiliatedwork in the new system. LRGHealthcares bankruptcy.practiceswith most being cared for by familiar providers. Nearly everyWe couldnt get an applicant to look at Everyone on both sides of thea position in Laconia for years because transaction, who are now on one side ofLRGHealthcare and Laconia Clinic provider stayed on. Independentof the uncertainty and now we are the transaction, are saying Lets get toamazed at the quality of candidates work. Lets get it done, Steigmeyer said.practices in partnership with the we are getting, he said. Donovan said the Hospital saved local health care for up to 75,000 residents, pensions for 2,000 former LRGHealthcare employees and jobs for 1,133 current employees.It was a long journey for us, and painful and scary at times, but we ended up exactly where we felt we needed to be, where we wanted to be and where the community wanted us to be, Donovan said. CONCORD HOSPITAL - FRANKLINCONCORD HOSPITAL SavedCONCORD HOSPITALjobsSaved FOR localCONCORD HOSPITAL1,133health care Saved currentFOR UP TOpensions employees *75,000 FOR residents * 2,000formerLRGHealthcareemployees **Kevin Donovan, Chief Administrative Ocer for Concord Hospital - Laconia and Concord Hospital - Franklin, speaking on the acquisition of LRGHealthcare by Concord Hospital.'