The Flu

What You Can Do to Stay Informed and Stay Healthy

Martha's Vineyard Hospital wants to help our community to stay informed and stay healthy. Vaccines are the best tool we have to prevent influenza. This year we encourage people to get vaccinated against BOTH kinds of flu. For more information, click here.

Medication Disposal

Did you know that approximately 250 million pounds of pharmaceutical waste are disposed of annually on a nation-wide basis? Compounds including antibiotics, personal care products and caffeine are regularly disposed of improperly and too often get into water systems. As a result, regulatory agencies have begun to recognize that there may be long-term effects on our water supplies. Click here to read more.

Childbirth Education Schedule

A series of classes for English speaking families are held on Wednesday evenings. Single classes for Portuguese-speaking families are also offered. For more information and a full schedule of classes click here

Classes for Portuguese-speaking families offered monthly
For more information and a full schedule of classes click here

MV Hospital Annual Health Fair

Each March, Martha's Vineyard Hospital invites health and human service providers to gather at the hospital to present a day of health screenings, demonstrations and lectures all geared to helping the island community learn more about improving their overall health and quality of life.

The 2010 Health Fair will be held on Saturday, March 14th from 8 am - Noon For a recap of the 2009 Fair Click Here.

Sharps Drop-Off Program

First Tuesday of Every Month • 8am - 3pm
MV Hospital Loading Dock Entrance

Martha's Vineyard Hospital is pleased to offer a Sharps Drop-Off Program on the 1st Tuesday of every month from 8-3 p.m. This program is for members of the Vineyard community who seek a safe method to dispose of used needles and syringes. To drop off your used needles and syringes, please place them in a puncture-proof container and tape it securely closed.

PLEASE - NO MEDICAL WASTE FROM VETERINARY, DENTAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES.

Containers may be dropped off on the first Tuesday of each month at the loading dock entrance at the rear of the Hospital. There are signs and clearly marked containers located just inside the loading dock door.

To locate the loading dock and view a map of the Hospital campus Click Here

To download a pfd of the Sharps Drop-Off flyer Click Here.

"Immunize MV":
Outreach Effort About the Benefits
of Childhood Immunization

"This past year we saw an outbreak of pertussis pneumonia (whooping cough), and we almost had a death associated with it. It was a child who hadn't been vaccinated. And in the Island schools last year we had an outbreak of chicken pox that was very worrisome..."

For more about this intitiative, and to download a Childhood Immunization Schedule, click here