If sale to Concord Hospital is rejected, Franklin and Laconia hospitals could close by summer Lakes Region General Hospital finances chart UMass Medical School—Courtesy hospital service areas UMass Medical School—Courtesy Lakes Region General Hospital Published: 2/24/2021 3:40:18 PM The two financially troubled hospitals in the Lakes Region would be renamed Concord Hospital-Laconia and Concord Hospital-Franklin if their sale goes through – and if it doesn’t, they’ll probably shut down before the summer. Concord Hospital will operate the Franklin and Laconia hospitals for at least five years if they are allowed to buy them out of bankruptcy and “may maintain current levels of service, but with no guarantees,” said Katherine London of Commonwealth Medicine who analyzed the proposed sale for the State of New Hampshire.