Hartford HealthCare and Power In A Shower partnership to make big impact on local communities
Hygiene and health go hand-in-hand, and this new initiative is set to make a big impact.
Kelly Toth, system director of Neighborhood Health with the Hartford HealthCare Medical Group joined Good Morning Connecticut at 9 a.m. to discuss.
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