Norwood Hospital is a hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts founded as Willett Cottage Hospital in 1902. It is a member of Steward Health Care.

On June 28, 2020, a bad rain storm hit the town of Norwood. Most of South Norwood was flooded with more than 5 inches of rain pouring down in less than a few hours. The hospital, located in South Norwood, lost all power and had to evacuate 80-90 people at 10:00pm. The people were brought to other hospitals, and the hospital sat with its power out. In September of that year, The Weather Channel showed footage from the hospital, of water at the door, bursting in, and going through the hallway. After the incident, Steward Health Care System announced that the hospital would be rebuilt as a “state of the art” hospital, that would open late 2023. As of November 2022, the old hospital has been fully demolished. The new hospital celebrated a structural steel topping off ceremony for the main campus building on June 23, 2023.^[1]

According to Steward Healthcare the new hospital will include:^[2] ″130 total acute care beds 113 medical-surgical beds 3 pediatric beds 14 critical care beds All private patient rooms Emergency services including trauma, pediatric and behavioral health capabilities Regional STEMI Center with state-of-the-art cardiac catherization labs Advance Diagnostic Imaging services Outpatient Services include, but are not limited to, breast care, gynecology, pulmonology, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, neurology, nutrition and weight loss, ENT, ophthalmology, sleep medicine, pain medicine, urology and advanced orthopedic services, including spine care Flexible build-out opportunities for future demand Continued commitment to community-based care including outpatient Cancer Care in Foxboro and numerous outpatient primary care and specialty care practices in the communities Norwood Hospital serves

Ease of access to include: Attached parking garage A new main entrance from Washington Street to accommodate modern traffic patterns″

Norwood Hospital, steel frame. July 2023

References

External links

• Norwood Hospital
• https://www.norwood-hospital.org/about-us/awards-recognitions

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