Ware looks to future as Baystate Health seeks to close Mary Lane
Updated Jan 31, 2021;
Posted Jan 31, 2021 Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center is located at 85 South Street in Ware. (Don Treeger | The Republican)
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WARE Baystate Health, while explaining this week the rationale behind its planned shutdown of the Mary Lane Outpatient Center, said that of the 28 patients per day seeking care at Mary Lane’s emergency room, over 85 percent present with common, minor, non-urgent conditions which could be treated in a primary care setting.
But to Tracy Opalinski of Ware, that means four of the 28 patients each day are experiencing a life-threatening situation and need to get to an emergency room right away.
Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center in Ware to close
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WARE A small Massachusetts hospital will shut down in two years because it is just not seeing enough patients, the CEO of its parent company says.
Operations at Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center in Ware will gradually be shifted to other facilities including Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer, Dr. Mark Keroack, president and CEO of Springfield-based Baystate Health said Tuesday. We are simply not seeing people go there when they are sick, Keroack said, according to Masslive.com.
Nearly half of the facility s capacity is unused during the day and 90% is unused overnight, he said. It s hard to recruit doctors to the facility and tough to maintain a century-old building, he said.
Small Massachusetts medical facility to shut down in two years
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A small Massachusetts hospital will shut down in two years because it is just not seeing enough patients, the CEO of its parent company says.
Operations at Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center in Ware will gradually be shifted to other facilities including Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer, Dr. Mark Keroack, president and CEO of Springfield-based Baystate Health said Tuesday. We are simply not seeing people go there when they are sick, Keroack said, according to Masslive.com.
Nearly half of the facility s capacity is unused during the day and 90% is unused overnight, he said. It s hard to recruit doctors to the facility and tough to maintain a century-old building, he said.
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Baystate Health to close Mary Lane Outpatient Center in Ware
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 26, 2021
Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center is located at 85 South Street in Ware. (Don Treeger | The Republican)
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WARE Baystate Health plans to phase out its Mary Lane Outpatient Center within two years, closing the facility by 2023 and relocating a majority of its services to Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer.
In June, Baystate will close the Baystate Mary Lane Satellite Emergency and cancer care services will be transitioned to the D’Amour Center for Cancer Care in Springfield. Over the next two years, imaging/3D mammography and rehabilitation services, as well as OB/GYN and pediatric medical practices, will relocate to Baystate Wing, according to a letter from Baystate Health officials distributed Tuesday.