‘The patients did not come’: Baystate Mary Lane, part of Ware since 1909, closing in two years under pressure of the modern health care market
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 26, 2021
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WARE The president and CEO of Baystate Health said Tuesday he knows there will be some anger in the community about the health system’s plan to wind down operations at the Mary Lane Outpatient Center over the next two years, shifting services to Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer.
Dr. Mark A. Keroack who saw patients at Mary Lane when he practiced in Worcester, and whose parents were born there in the 1920s said people have an emotional attachment to the hospital, which has been part of Ware’s community since 1909.
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.
Baystate Health closing wound care unit at Mary Lane Outpatient Center in Ware
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
Posted Jan 22, 2021
Baystate Mary Lane in Ware celebrated the opening of its Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center on Feb. 15, 2019. (Jim Russell photo)
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WARE Baystate Health confirmed this week it will close the wound care unit at Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center less than two years after it opened.
The Springfield-based health care provider said the decision to close the unit on Jan. 31 was “due to lack of demand” at the Ware facility.
“Baystate Mary Lane has decided not to renew its vendor relationship with Healogic Wound Care due to lack of demand for hyperbaric chambers,” the provider said in a statement.