Somerville Hospital

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This is about the hospital, for the mental hospital see Somerville Asylum.

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CHA Somerville Campus
Cambridge Health Alliance
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Somerville Campus
Somerville Hospital
Geography
Location33 Tower Street, Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates 42°23′24.0″N71°6′33.7″W / 42.390000°N 71.109361°W / 42.390000; -71.109361
Organization
Type Teaching
Affiliated university Harvard Medical School
Services
Public transit access MBTA
History
Opened1891
Links
Website www.challiance.org/locations/somerville/cha-somerville-campus
Lists Hospitals in Massachusetts

The CHA Somerville Campus is an outpatient medical center at 33 Tower Street in Somerville, Massachusetts - near Porter Square and Davis Square.

It is operated by Cambridge Health Alliance.

Services

The main CHA Somerville Campus has a wide variety of health services, including:

Service highlights

National Accreditation:

Academics

Cambridge Health Alliance is a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and the Tufts University School of Medicine.

CHA Primary Care, which is based at the hospital, is a main teaching location for the CHA Internal Medicine Residency Program.

History

The hospital was first incorporated in 1891, and the first buildings were erected the following year. In 2009, the inpatient hospital beds were closed, but the emergency department remained open as a satellite emergency facility. In April 2020, the emergency department was converted to an Urgent Care Center.

In 2016, a Somerville woman named Laura Levis collapsed outside Somerville Hospital while unable to find an unlocked door to the emergency room during a severe asthma attack. [1] Her death led to the passage of a Massachusetts law, nicknamed "Laura's Law," to ensure clear and safe access to hospital emergency departments for pedestrians. [2]

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References

  1. DeMarco, Peter (3 November 2018). "Losing Laura". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. "Legislation ensuring safe access to emergency care soon to be law". The Somerville Times . 13 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.