The Concord Hospital Association was founded in 1884, to provide care to the poor and sick of the Concord area.
George A. Pillsbury, father of
Pillsbury Company co-founder
Charles Pillsbury, provided a gift of nearly $60,000 to the association for the construction of a charitable hospital. Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital, named after George's wife in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary, was opened on December 15, 1891. In 1896, another hospital, the Memorial Hospital for Women and Children, was opened to provide care for poor women and children. The two hospitals merged in 1946 to become Concord Hospital. As part of the merger, the Concord Hospital School of Nursing was established, remaining in operation until 1989. In the summer of 2019 Concord Hospital was upgraded to a Level II Trauma Center after years of upgrades and preparations, followed shortly by the opening of the Memorial building, which added new operating rooms, office space, and patient beds. In 2021, the hospital received final approval to purchase Lakes Region General Hospital and Franklin Regional Hospital due to the latters' bankruptcy following the COVID-19 pandemic. After successful acquisition, the two hospitals were renamed to Concord Hospital-Laconia and Concord Hospital-Franklin, thus establishing a unified healthcare network in central New Hampshire. File:Image from page 273 of "The New England magazine" (1887) (14782828784).jpg|Margaret Pillsbury Hospital, circa 1887 File:Concord Hospital Memorial Building.jpg|The Memorial Building in the Concord Hospital Campus, 2017 ==Rankings & recognitions==