Six years after devastating floods in Massachusetts forced Norwood Hospital to shut down, a new report is detailing the impacts of its continued closure and laying out a possible reopening path.
The report released this week by the Norwood Hospital Task Force said the hospital was profitable before it closed, handling 39,000 emergency department visits in its last full year of operation. But on June 28, 2020, a storm dropped six inches of rain on the area in just a few hours. Video showed floodwaters rushing inside the lower of level of the hospital, forcing patients and staff to evacuate.
Plans to rebuild the hospital were abandoned in 2024 amid troubled owner Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy. It remains an “unfinished construction project” owned by an Alabama-based real estate investment trust, the report says…