Brockton Hospital

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Brockton Hospital
Signature Healthcare
Brockton Hospital
Geography
Location680 Centre St, Brockton, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates 42°05′14.7″N70°59′29.2″W / 42.087417°N 70.991444°W / 42.087417; -70.991444
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds216
Helipads
Helipad Yes
History
Founded1896 [1]
Links
Website www.signature-healthcare.org
Lists Hospitals in Massachusetts

Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital is a mid-sized non-profit community hospital located in Brockton, Massachusetts. [2] In 2022, the hospital had 216 beds, discharged 11,336 patients, and reported 54,761 emergency department visits. [2]

The hospital was evacuated and had closed in March 2023 due to a fire. [3] It reopened on August 13, 2024. [4]

History

Brockton Hospital was established in 1897 [5] as a not-for-profit community teaching hospital with 219 beds serving more than 20 communities in Southeastern Massachusetts.

In 2007, a parent company named Signature Healthcare was formed to link the hospital and its regional network of healthcare providers. [6]

In February 2023, a fire in the hospital's basement transformer room led to a loss of power throughout the hospital with no access to its emergency generators. [7] A full evacuation was ordered which saw 160 patients evacuated to hospitals across the region amid firefighting efforts. The hospital remained closed for over a year, reopening in August 2024. [4] Following the closure, Good Samaritan Medical Center, the city's only other hospital, saw a 30% increase in emergency department encounters. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Brockton Hospital School of Nursing through the years". Boston.com. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Massachusetts Hospital Profiles - Data Through Fiscal Year 2022" (PDF). Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis. 2024. p. A49. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  3. 1 2 LeMoult, Craig (February 7, 2024). "A year after fire, Brockton Hospital aims to reopen in the spring". WGBH-TV . Archived from the original on February 23, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Lee, Thomas (August 6, 2024). "Brockton Hospital to reopen next week following 2023 fire". The Boston Globe . Archived from the original on May 2, 2025. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
  5. ↑ Sweeney, Emily (September 30, 2010). "Teaching nurses for over 100 years". Boston.com. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ "About Signature Healthcare". Signature Healthcare. Archived from the original on January 3, 2026. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
  7. ↑ Andersen, Travis; Kool, Daniel (February 7, 2023). "More than 150 patients evacuated from Brockton Hospital after 10-alarm fire there Tuesday morning". The Boston Globe . Archived from the original on March 1, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
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