BROCKTON — Steward Health Care executives told Brockton Mayor Robert F. Sullivan they have no plans to close Good Samaritan Medical Center.
Sullivan said he confirmed with Good Sam President Matthew Hesketh and other Steward officials that the West Side hospital will stay open despite the financial troubles of its for-profit parent company. A Steward spokesperson verified: “The short answer is we are not closing Good Sam,” said Deborah Chiaravalloti.
Good Sam and other nearby hospitals have been taking up the slack for Brockton Hospital, which remains closed as it recovers from last February’s 10-alarm fire. Sullivan said help is on the way, with Brockton Hospital planning to be fully reopened by June.
A Signature Healthcare spokesperson confirmed that timeline.
“The hospital will open in a phased-in approach late spring,” said Lorraine McGrath, associate vice president of marketing and communications for Signature. “We have every intention of safely reopening the hospital ASAP and are continuing to upgrade and rebuild the entire electrical infrastructure and rewiring the entire 250,000-square foot building due to the extensive damage caused by the 10-alarm electrical fire.”