Maria Ryan, CEO of Cottage Hospital, walks through a corridor on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at Cottage Hospital in Haverhill, N.H. My meeting schedule is like a hamster wheel, but if I have five minutes sometimes I'll just go and ask permission to go in and meet patients, she says. And it just fills my heart. (Valley News - Charles Hatcher) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Charles Hatcher—Maggie Cassidy
