Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Now that it is late February and winter has moved along, respiratory illnesses are on the decline at Backus Hospital in Norwich.

More than a third of patients admitted to the emergency department at Backus Hospital wait for four hours or more to get a bed. The average wait time for a bed in 2025 was 8.4 hours, with 36.7% of ...

NORWICH, CT (WFSB) - Nurses at Backus Hospital held an informational picket on Thursday morning to raise concerns about a growing patient care crisis. The demonstration, organized by a union ...

The William W. Backus Hospital has applied to the state to open a satellite emergency room in Plainfield. The proposed $9.9 million project would expand the Norwich-based hospital’s presence in ...

Calla Contos, left, and Cyanna Johnson, both nurses at Backus Hospital, participate in the strike on Tuesday, Oct. 13 outside the Backus Hospital in Norwich. Johnson came to the strike straight after ...

You can help Norwich's Backus Hospital win the title of most beautiful hospital nationwide. All you need to do is vote. National healthcare company Soliant is sponsoring the "20 Most Beautiful ...

Connecticut public health officials are monitoring health and safety standards at Backus Hospital where more than 400 nurses began a two-day strike Tuesday. The Norwich hospital and Backus Federation ...

Backus Hospital in Norwich has implemented an additional screening process outside of the Emergency Department as an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 inside the hospital. "In the same vein that ...

More than 400 nurses at Backus Hospital went on strike Tuesday, two days after the hospital and the union representing the nurses failed to reach a new contract agreement during the coronavirus ...

The union representing nurses at Backus Hospital says contract negotiations are painfully slow and put parent company Hartford HealthCare on notice Friday that a brief strike is possible in 10 days.