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Riverside Provides Top-Notch Care

Apr 18, 2022 | Opinion

Dear Editor:

I recently was an in-patient at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital with colon cancer. I could not have received better care from any hospital in the country. The treatment I received was unsurpassed starting with Dr. Kellam, then Dr. Goldstein, Dr. Manohar, Dr. Kerbin, all nurses, and everyone including the administrative staff and not forgetting the food services personnel.

We are so privileged to have a hospital on the Shore of this magnitude. I am not looking forward to the day Dr. Kellam retires – heaven forbid. What an outstanding doctor and human being. And for Dr. Goldstein operating on me as he did with me experiencing no pain at all after the operation and without taking pain pills is beyond belief. I realize everyone can’t be so fortunate. The good Lord blessed him with golden hands as well as a golden mind.

Again, I am so pleased with the care I received from Riverside that I cannot find words to express it.

William B. Derrickson,
Chincoteague