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Haywood Hospital says cyber event resolved; plans radiology expansion and more behavioral-health capacity
Summary
Dr. Frank Sweeney, Haywood Hospital's chief medical officer, told Gardner listeners that a recent cyber event forced downtime operations but all systems have been restored, and he outlined plans to expand radiology services (interventional radiology in 2026), grow primary care and expand psychiatric inpatient capacity.
Dr. Frank Sweeney, introduced by the mayor as a family physician and Haywood Hospital chief medical officer, told the mayor’s recorded update that Haywood experienced a cyber event that disrupted systems but that IT restored operations “in a record short time period.” He said emergency, imaging and other clinical services are fully restored and that staff are working through backlogs created during…
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