Quincy Medical Center
Former hospital in Quincy, Massachusetts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Quincy Medical Center was a small for-profit community hospital located in Quincy, Massachusetts for 124 years, from 1890 to 2014.[1] A municipal hospital for most of its existence, it transitioned to non-profit in 1999 and then for-profit when it was purchased by Steward Health Care in 2011. It was closed in 2014 due to year of financial difficulties, though Steward's nearby Carney Hospital continued to operate the former hospital's ED as a stand-alone on the same site until 2020.[2]
Quincy Medical Center | |
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Steward Health Care System | |
Geography | |
Location | Hospital Hill, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States |
Coordinates | 42°15′04″N 71°00′47″W |
Organization | |
Care system | Private |
Funding | For-profit hospital |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | Boston University |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 90 |
Public transit access | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |
History | |
Former name(s) |
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Opened | 1890 (1890) |
Closed | December 26, 2014 (2014-12-26) |
Demolished | 2021 |
Links | |
Website | Official site |
Lists | Hospitals in Massachusetts |
During its history, the hospital offered a varying range of services, including emergency care, behavioral health, obstetrics, surgery, and orthopedics.
In 2013, its final full fiscal year, Quincy Medical Center operated with total revenues of $79 million, at a loss of $19.7 million, and discharged 4,803 inpatients.[3] In 2014, the year it closed, the hospital operated with total revenues of $68 million and losses of $39 million, and discharged 4,419 inpatients.[4]