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Boston Medical Center launches home hospital program
Boston Medical Center is the latest Massachusetts health system to begin offering hospital-level care in patients’ homes.
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Boston Medical Center launches ‘Economic Justice Hub'
Boston Medical Center has received a $3 million grant from the MassMutual Foundation in order to launch an Economic Justice Hub, designed to support the economic health of the families of pediatrics patients.
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‘Amazing': Boston woman struck by lightning last month released from hospital
A young woman who was struck by lighting at Savin Hill Beach last month was released from Boston Medical Center Wednesday and is expected to make a full recovery. Thalita Teixeira Padilla was struck by lightning while walking her dog along the beach on Sept. 9. Within minutes, she was receiving CPR from Tracy Cronin, an ICU nurse who happens…
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Lightning strike survivor released from hospital
A Dorchester woman who was struck by lightning more than a month ago received applause when she left Boston Medical Center.
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Forklift falls on operator, seriously hurting him, at Boston Logan airport
A forklift operator was seriously injured in an accident at Boston’s Logan International Airport Tuesday, police said. The worker, a subcontractor for JetBlue, was rushed to Boston Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, according to Massachusetts State Police. The forklift overturned onto the worker about 3:30 p.m. when the machine hit part of a stationary structure at a loading area...
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Girl, 3, injured in fall from roof in Avon, officials say
A 3-year-old girl survived a fall from a roof in Avon, Massachusetts, on Friday, officials said. A passing driver spotted the girl sitting on a second-story roof of a building on W. Main Street near Johnson Road and called police about 11:19 a.m., according to Avon’s police and fire departments. When the agencies got to the building, they learned...
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Boston Medical Center calls for state help after ending policy to help migrants
With the influx of migrants increasing, some employees at The Boston Medical Center are calling on Massachusetts to issue a state of emergency. The BMC has been working with the state to accommodate migrants for months. Now, with as many as 100 migrants inside each day, the hospital has changed its policy, saying it would focus its attention on migrants…
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BMC to turn away migrants seeking shelter
Boston Medical Center is changing its policy after an increase in migrants arriving for help led to people sleeping on the floor of the hospital.
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Boston Medical Center team chosen to redevelop Jamaica Plain Hospital Campus
The state on Wednesday announced that Boston Medical Center has been provisionally designated to lead the redevelopment of the sprawling Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Campus on Morton Street in Jamaica Plain. The BMC team’s initial proposal calls for two facilities with 326 treatment beds, 200 units of permanent supportive housing, 205 units of family supportive housing, 120 emergency housing beds, and…
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Boston Medical Center's Emergency Room Reopens After ‘Around the Clock Cleanup'
The emergency room at Boston Medical Center reopened Monday, earlier than scheduled, after a speedy cleanup from a burst pipe during Saturday’s bitter cold snap. The emergency room had originally been slated to stay closed until Tuesday after water flooded the building from the burst pipe. Patients couldn’t go inside for hours Saturday, with temperatures below zero, and patients...
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Burst Water Pipe Closes Boston Medical Center Emergency Room
The emergency room at Boston Medical Center is closed until Tuesday after a pipe burst on Saturday night. Water flooded the building and patients couldn’t walk inside for hours as temperatures plunged below zero. Meanwhile, patients already inside were moved to other parts of the hospital. The dangerously cold weather lead to a code black at Boston Medical Center,...
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Water Pipe Burst Impacts Emergency Room at Boston Medical Center
Water flooded the building and patients couldn’t walk inside for hours as temperatures plunged below zero.
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Arctic Air Wreaks Havoc on Pipes, Sprinklers at Several Boston Buildings, Hospitals
The Prudential Center, Wang Theatre, Boston Medical Center and Brigham and Women’s Hospital were among several major places in Boston impacted by the record-low temperatures on Saturday
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Major Buildings in Boston Flood After Pipes Burst Amid Freezing Temps
The Prudential Center and the Wang Theatre both saw pipes burst due to below freezing temperatures in Boston on Saturday.