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.
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.
‘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.