Baystate Health plan to close Mary Lane Outpatient Center in Ware criticized at hearing
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
WARE Legislators urged state regulators during a hearing on Thursday to closely scrutinize data submitted by Baystate Health to justify closing its Mary Lane Outpatient Center.
The state Department of Public Health, which convened the “essential services” hearing, said it would render a decision on the proposed closing in 15 days. The agency says on its website, however, that it cannot legally require a hospital to remain open, though it does work to ensure community impacts from the closing are minimized.
A New Braintree man in his 30s would have bled to death had he not been rushed to the Mary Lane emergency department, his mother said during the hearing while choking back tears.