State DPH identifies services Baystate Health must address before closing Mary Lane Outpatient Center in Ware
Updated 12:26 PM;
The Springfield-based provider has been asked to respond in early May.
Baystate Health plans to close the emergency department by June and shutter the facility completely within two years.
In an April 16 letter to Baystate Health, the state DPH says they have 15 days from receipt of the notification to respond. The department oversees requests when a provider wants to close a hospital or eliminate essential services,
“The plan the Hospital submits to the Department will be reviewed to determine if it appropriately assures access to the essential services in question following the plans to close the Satellite Emergency Facility and discontinue other hospital-based services at Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center,” the state DPH wrote.
Hearing slated April 1 on closing of Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center in Ware
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Baystate Health tells Ware selectmen closing of Mary Lane in best interest of patients, healthcare community
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
WARE – A senior Baystate Health official told the board of selectmen at Tuesday’s meeting that the decision to close Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center was a “difficult decision” but is necessary for the greater good.
If the state department of public health agrees with Baystate’s plans, Mary Lane’s emergency room function and cancer treatment operations will end in June, and the entire facility will close in two years.
Baystate’s Eastern Region President Molly Gray told Ware selectmen on Tuesday that the organization is in the process of submitting material to the DPH, which will make a determination of need, and decide whether to approve the idea.
Ware selectboard meeting tonight with Baystate to discuss planned closure of Mary Lane Outpatient Center postponed
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
WARE – The selectboard meeting scheduled for Tuesday night to discuss with Baystate Health’s Eastern Regional President Molly Gray the organization’s plans to close Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center has been canceled.
In a brief email statement Tuesday Morning, Ware Town Manager Stuart Beckley wrote: “Tonight’s Select Board meeting has been postponed.”
No other details were provided in the statement.
“We are going to reschedule it; we don’t know when yet,” Ware selectboard chairman Alan Whitney said.
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