Quincy Medical Center to Close Friday
The Department of Public Health has given the go-ahead for Steward Health Care Systems to close Quincy Medical Center, Steward said in a statement Tuesday. The hospital will close on Dec. 26 at 11:59 p.m. The emergency room lights will stay on, as it will serve as a satellite ER for Carney Hospital in Dorchester, also owned by Steward.
Steward announced it would close QMC on Dec. 31 in November, citing repeated year-over-year losses due to competition from nearby hospitals in Boston and Weymouth. The Dec. 26 closing date pushes that original plan up a few days.
The for-profit health care provider unveiled plans to replace the hospital’s services in Quincy at a DPH hearing earlier this month. Those plans originally lacked in emergency room services (though did offer a 24-hour urgent care facility), which was a demand of the Attorney General’s office and Quincy City Hall. Steward said last week that the ER would stay open, and has agreed to keep it open through the end of 2015.
QMC stopped admitting inpatients over the weekend, The Patriot Ledger reported, and Steward said Tuesday there are no inpatients currently in the hospital.
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