COOS COUNTY — The bitter dispute over Littleton Regional Healthcare’s decision to withdraw from North Country Healthcare appears to be settled.
After a review, the N.H. Attorney General’s Charitable Trusts Unit ruled the decision by Littleton Regional Healthcare to withdraw from the four-hospital affiliation it formed four years ago was legal.
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