Central Mass. South

UMass Memorial Health Care will convert roughly half of its psychiatric beds for medical/surgical use after it received approval from the state public health council on Wednesday for a $30-million renovation plan.

After a nurse was attacked on Wednesday while on the job at at Harrington Hospital in Southbridge, the state nursing association called for more aggressive safety measures to protect workers at hospitals statewide.

Brookside Rehabilitation and Health Center in Webster on Monday announced the launch of a program for rehab patients living with pulmonary diseases.

IPG Photonics has purchased one of its suppliers, a Florida manufacturer of chirped volume Bragg gratings.

Harrington HealthCare System has hired Jessica Calcidise as its next vice president of nursing and ancillary operations.

New England's largest energy supplier and its dominant private water company will combine under a $1.67 billion agreement announced Friday, a move that gives the water company a local owner.

Harrington HealthCare System in Southbridge has appointed Michal Frejka as vice president and chief operating officer of Harrington Physician Services.

The Spencer Brewery this week is making available for public tasting its a new beer it took three years to develop, a Trappist quadrupel in the Belgian tradition, in May.

Harrington HealthCare System plans to close its Family Birthing Center in Southbridge for financial reasons, but expectant mothers will still be able get pre- and post-natal care in its service area.

Mercury Wire has designed and manufactured wire and cable solutions for more than 50 years. The company, which has 120 employees, is based in Spencer.