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.