Athol Hospital | |
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Heywood Healthcare | |
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Geography | |
Location | Athol, Massachusetts, United States |
Coordinates | 42°35′09.0″N 72°12′33.0″W / 42.585833°N 72.209167°W |
Organization | |
Funding | Non-profit hospital |
Type | Community |
Services | |
Standards | Joint Commission |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 25 |
Helipad | Yes |
Public transit access | MART |
History | |
Former name(s) | Athol Memorial Hospital |
Opened | 1950 |
Links | |
Website |
atholhospital |
Lists | Hospitals in Massachusetts |
Athol Hospital (formerly Athol Memorial Hospital) is a small 25-bed community hospital located in Athol, Massachusetts. [1]
Athol Hospital was founded in 1950, created through an effort by members of the community and local businesses to establish a hospital in their town, helped by a donation of land by local inventor Addison Sawyer. The hospital itself was named in memory of soldiers from Athol who were killed in action during World War II. [2]
In 2013, following a period of financial difficulty in which the hospital had four days of cash on hand and only one bed in use, [3] Athol Memorial Hospital merged with Heywood Hospital of Gardner, forming Heywood Healthcare. [4] The hospital was renamed Athol Hospital following the merger. [3]
While the hospital remains open, its future is uncertain following Heywood Healthcare's 2023 filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [5]