Baystate Children's Hospital Located on the campus of
Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, Baystate Children's Hospital, with 110 beds and 57 bassinets, provides complete critical care programs, including the region's only Pediatric Intensive Care and Neonatal Intensive Care Units. It also includes pediatric inpatient services, child life specialists, an emergency room for kids, and outpatient specialty services.
Baystate Franklin Medical Center Baystate Franklin Medical Center is a hospital in
Greenfield, Massachusetts.
History of Baystate Franklin Medical Center In 1894, Dr. William Pierce and Ellen Brown rented a house at 6 Main Street and opened a private medical practice. The following year, citizens of
Franklin County agreed to open Franklin County Public Hospital (FCPH). With $16,000 in community fundraising, the new hospital opened on September 9, 1895. In 1910, the hospital had raised an additional $65,000 in donations, enough to build a much larger facility on High Street. Although FCPH struggled financially during the
Great Depression, it managed to expand its facilities and recruit new medical specialists. The hospital expanded further after
World War II, and became affiliated with Baystate Medical Center in 1981. To reflect this new affiliation, it was renamed Baystate Franklin Medical Center (BMFC) two years later. As of July 2025, Baystate Franklin Medical Center is one of several
rural hospitals in
New England listed as at risk of closure due to recent federal budget cuts made under the
Trump Administration.
Current facilities and operations of Baystate Franklin Medical Center Baystate Franklin Medical Center is a 90-bed hospital providing medical, surgical, obstetric, pediatric, psychiatric and behavioral health inpatient care, as well as outpatient services. With 900 employees, it is the only hospital in Franklin County and serves rural communities with appropriate specialized services.
Baystate Mary Lane Hospital Shuttered by Baystate Health in 2023 after 99 years of operation, the Baystate Mary Lane Hospital was a non-profit community hospital in
Ware that until its final years of operation had provided medical, surgical, pediatric, obstetric, emergency, outpatient, and adult day care services to the residents of the surrounding area. Founded in 1909 as the
Mary Lane Hospital by the Ware Visiting Nurse Association after being awarded an endowment by the estate of Lewis Gilbert, a patriarch of an affluent local family who had set aside the equivalent of $10 million in his will to be used for the construction and operation a permanent hospital in Ware, with the condition it would "''be forever known as ‘The Mary Lane Hospital'"'', in honor of his late wife. Baystate Health acquired Mary Lane Hospital in 1991 along with the remainder of the Gilbert endowment, which still contained over $6 million as recently as 2020, although Baystate did not change the name to "Baystate Mary Lane Hospital" until 2006". In 2016, overnight care at Mary Lane was terminated, and on June 3, 2021, in the midst of the
COVID-19 pandemic Baystate Health made the decision to permanently close the hospital's emergency department, after which it was briefly renamed
Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Clinic, reflecting the significant downgrading of the institution's capacities from 2016 until its complete closure seven years later. The Mary Lane Hospital had served communities in
Western and
Central Massachusetts that were similarly distant from both of the regional's primary medical hubs in
Worcester and
Springfield, for almost a century, communities which like those formerly treated at
Monson Developmental Center, are now required to travel to Baystate Wing Hospital in
Palmer or further to receive healthcare formerly provided at Mary Lane. In August 2025, in spite of local protests, Baystate Health demolished all but one of the historic buildings on the former Baystate Mary Lane Hospital campus.
Baystate Medical Baystate Medical Center (BMC) is a hospital in
Springfield, Massachusetts.
History of Baystate Medical Center In 1868, Dr. George Stebbins, the city physician in Springfield, Massachusetts, recommended that the city establish a permanent hospital. The need for a dedicated hospital in Springfield became evident during and after the
Civil War, when wounded soldiers came to the city in search of treatment. The city approved Dr. Stebbins' recommendation, and Springfield City Hospital opened two years later in a remodeled farmhouse on Boston Road. In 1886, Dorcas Chapin, the widow of
Chester W. Chapin, bequeathed $25,000 of her husband's will to Springfield Hospital on the condition that an equal sum be raised. By 1907, the hospital had a main building surrounding by four wings. In the twentieth century, Springfield's population increased considerably, and Springfield Hospital further expanded Expansion culminated in a big merger in fall 1976, when Springfield Hospital and Wesson Women's Hospital joined with Wesson Memorial to form the 1,036-bed Baystate Medical Center (BMC). Today, BMC is the largest hospital affiliated with Baystate Health Systems. In 2012, Baystate Medical Center opened a new , $300 million facility that includes: a heart and vascular center; new patient care units with private rooms; a new emergency department, of . The new building also includes shell space for future growth. It was officially dedicated on February 28, 2012. The Massachusetts Department of Health certified the new building in January 2012 and new patients began to occupy the building in March 2012.
Current facilities and operations of Baystate Medical Center Baystate Medical Center is currently a tax-exempt,
nonprofit hospital with 716 beds and more than 4,000 employees. In March 2020, BMC constructed a triage area outside the emergency department to address the potential surge in
COVID-19 patients.
Baystate Noble Hospital Baystate Noble Hospital is a medical center in
Westfield, Massachusetts.
History of Baystate Noble Hospital Founded in 1893, Noble Hospital owes its existence to Reuben Noble. Noble was born in Westfield in 1820. He made a fortune from the city's
whip manufacturing industry and unsuccessfully campaigned as a
Democrat in two
Massachusetts State Senate elections. Noble died on June 3, 1890. His will gifted over $43,000 for the establishment of a hospital "for the reception of persons who may need medical or surgical treatment during temporary sickness or injury." Noble Hospital addressed the demand for a dedicated medical facility in Westfield, which was industrializing rapidly at the turn of the century. By 1905, Noble Hospital had expanded to include a surgical center and a nurse's training school. Between 1917 and 1920, the hospital's medical staff treated hundreds of wounded
World War I veterans and
Spanish Influenza patients. It grew further in the interwar period and treated airmen from Westfield's
Barnes Airport during
World War II. In 1956, its trustees voted to construct a new hospital building. Westfield residents enthusiastically supported this decision, raising $1,500,000 to fund the construction of this new facility. The new Noble Hospital opened in 1958, and has expanded its services substantially over the past half century. Services include intensive care, diagnostic imaging, cardiopulmonary services and rehab, emergency treatment, cancer services, lab and
behavioral health. In 2019 both the Telemetry Unit and the Intensive Care Unit of Noble Hospital were closed. Currently the mental health unit is scheduled to close in 2023.
Baystate Wing Hospital Baystate Wing Hospital in
Palmer, Massachusetts is a 74-bed community hospital with a history of providing health care for the Quaboag Hills and the Pioneer Valley. In addition, Baystate Wing's five medical centers, located in
Belchertown, Palmer, and
Wilbraham, offer outpatient services and primary care.
Baystate Mercy Hospital Mercy Medical Center, is a 300-bed hospital in
Springfield, Massachusetts, less than a mile from Baystate Medical Center.
History of Baystate Mercy Hospital Founded by the Sisters of Providence on November 7, 1873 as a smaller facility in Holyoke, evolving into Mercy Medical Center. ==References==