Almost a year after a medical center in the Nashoba Valley closed its doors, the first steps for the construction of a new emergency center was held in Groton on Monday.
Gov. Maura Healey, along with Rep. Lori Trahan, D-3rd District, Sen. John Cronin, D-Worcester and Middlesex, staff from UMass Memorial Health and many fire chiefs representing the Nashoba Valley communities, attended the groundbreaking Monday for a satellite emergency center that will be built in Groton and operated by UMass Memorial Health.
The emergency center, which will provide emergency services, imaging, lab services, observation beds and emergency consultative services, seeks to replace the Nashoba Valley Medical Center, which closed last summer. The site of the center is located at 490 Main St. in Groton. The site is currently an empty field but the center is expected to be fully constructed by early 2027, according to UMass Memorial Health President and CEO Dr. Eric Dickson…