{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Short description|Community hospital in Dorchester, Massachusetts}} {{Infobox hospital <!-- All parameters and comments should be left intact for future editors --> <!-- All parameters are optional, but please copy the entire template --> <!-- Full documentation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_hospital --> | name = Carney Hospital | org_group = Steward Health Care System<!-- org or group that owns/manages the hospital --> | logo = Carney_Hospital_Logo_2024.png<!-- please conform to copyright --> | logo_size = <!-- logo size or width in pixels --> | logo_alt = <!-- alternative text for logo, see WP:ALT --> | image = The Carney Hospital, Dorchester, Massachusetts (87927).jpg<!-- preferably photo of the main building or entrance --> | image_size = <!-- 220 is the default image size or width in pixels (225 matches default map_size). Leave blank per MOS:ACCESSIBILITY unless special size is needed. --> | alt = <!-- alternative text for image, see WP:ALT --> | caption = <!-- text displayed below image --> | pushpin_map = <!-- uses the Template:Location map format; defines value for {{{1}}} parameter; must have latitude and longitude if using this --> | pushpin_relief = <!-- any non-blank value (yes, 1, etc.) will cause the template to display a relief map image, where available --> | pushpin_mapsize = <!-- map size or width of map named in map_type, in pixels (do not include "px"); default is 225 --> | pushpin_map_alt = <!-- alternative text for map image, see WP:ALT for details --> | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- a small caption under the map such as "Shown in region, country" --> | location = Dorchester<!-- optional – displayed before region, state, country --> | region = Boston<!-- e.g. City or County --> | state = Massachusetts<!-- optional – UK: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland; US: the US state name; CA: province name --> | country = US<!-- country name or two-letter code – use UK for United Kingdom or US for United States --> | coordinates = <!-- Use {{coord}} template with 'display=inline,title' --> | healthcare = Private<!-- UK: NHS; AU/CA: Medicare; ELSE free-form text, e.g. Private --> | funding = For-profit<!-- use: Non-profit, For-profit, Government, Public – will generate links --> | type = Teaching<!-- use: Community, District, General, District general, Teaching, Specialist --> | religious_affiliation = <!-- religion the hospital is associated with --> | affiliation = Tufts University School of Medicine<!-- medical school / university affiliations (medical or paramedical) --> | patron = <!-- the individual who acts as the hospital patron --> | network = <!-- hospital network, non-owner --> | standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --> | emergency = Yes<!-- UK/IR/HK/SG: Yes/No, in CA/IL/US: I/II/III/IV/V for Trauma certification level --> | beds = 159 (2022)<!-- cite in article as well --> | speciality = <!-- if devoted to a speciality (i.e. not a broad spectrum); ONLY displayed if type=Specialist or type=Teaching --> | helipad = Formerly<!-- Template:Airport codes with p=n; leave blank if unknown or not verifiable --> | h1-number = <!-- The designation of the helipad (up to h12) --> | h1-length-f = <!-- Helipad length in feet --> | h1-length-m = <!-- Helipad length in metres --> | h1-surface = <!-- Helipad surface type, such as: Concrete, Asphalt, etc --> {{Bulleted list |{{rint|Boston|red}} Mattapan Line |{{rint|boston|bus}} 15, 21, 24, 215, 217, 240}} BAT {{rint|bus|1}} 12<!-- Public transit agency and route with nearby stops --> | former_names = <!-- Former name(s) of used by the hospital if different from its current name --> | constructed = <!-- date construction started; cite in article as well --> | opened = 1863<!-- cite in article as well --> | closed = August 31, 2024<!-- if defunct, please also add to Category:Defunct hospitals --> | demolished = <!-- if demolished at a different time from closure --> | website = {{URL|https://www.carneyhospital.org/}}<!-- use {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | other_links = <!-- link(s) to related articles --> | module = <!-- or 'embedded' or 'nrhp' --> }}
'''Carney Hospital''' was a small for-profit community teaching hospital located in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.<ref name=CHIA2022>{{cite web |url=https://www.chiamass.gov/assets/docs/r/hospital-profiles/2022/carney.pdf |title=Steward Carney Hospital 2022 Hospital Profile |year=2022 |publisher=Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis |access-date=March 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314164514/https://www.chiamass.gov/assets/docs/r/hospital-profiles/2022/carney.pdf |archive-date=March 14, 2024}}</ref> It was owned and operated by Dallas-based Steward Health Care.<ref name=CHIA2022 />
The hospital had its beginnings in 1863 in South Boston. It was the first Catholic hospital in New England.<ref name=history1>{{cite web |url=http://www.carneyhospital.org/Carney-Hospital/About-Us-History |title=Yesterday and Today |access-date=2007-06-23 |work=History |publisher=Caritas Christi Health Care |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919151915/http://www.carneyhospital.org/Carney-Hospital/About-Us-History |archive-date=2014-09-19}}</ref> Among its first patients were American Civil War soldiers.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} In 1892 a Carney Hospital team performed the first abdominal surgery in Boston.<ref name="SAMMARCO2000">Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell, [https://books.google.com/books?id=_JriOswcNEQC ''South Boston, Volume 2''], Arcadia Publishing, 2000. Cf. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_JriOswcNEQC&dq=carney+hospital+south+boston&pg=PA83 p.83-90, chapter on Carney Hospital]</ref>
In 2022, Carney Hospital was licensed for 159 beds, 91 of which were staffed, and discharged 3,119 inpatients. It operated with total revenues of $98 million, and with a deficit of $22.6 million.<ref name=CHIA2022 />
==History== [[File:Andrew Carney, Founder of Carney Hospital.png|thumb|left|150px|Andrew Carney (1794–1864), founder of the Carney Hospital<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NCLiulhYAsoC&pg=PA88 Forest Hills Cemetery]. Arcadia Publishing, 2009</ref>]] [[File:Angel of Mercy, Carney Hospital.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Relief of the Miraculous Medal on the facade of Carney Hospital (2006)]] Carney Hospital was established in 1863 in South Boston by Andrew Carney with a $75,000 donation and with Sister Ann Alexis Shorb, Carney's choice for its first administrator and a member of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. It was located on the former Hall Jackson Howe estate on Old Harbor Street on Telegraph Hill. The hospital's main building was designed by architect Charles J. Bateman and completed in 1891.<ref name="SAMMARCO2000" />
The 40-bed hospital was the first Catholic hospital in New England.<ref name=history1 /> In 1877, the first outpatient department in Boston was established by the hospital in two adjacent houses, followed by the first skin clinic in Boston in 1891.<ref name=history1/> The first abdominal surgery in USA was carried out in the hospital by John Homans in 1882.<ref name=dorchesterbook>{{cite book |last=Sammarco |first=Anthony Mitchell |title=Dorchester Volume 2 (MA) |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nI63nD0FG-gC&dq=%22carney+hospital%22&pg=PA109 |access-date=2007-06-24 |series=Images of America |date=February 21, 2000 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=0-7385-0336-3 |pages=109–110 |chapter=Six }}</ref> The same year, the first ovariectomy in Boston was carried out in Carney by Henry I. Bowditch.<ref name=dorchesterbook/> The first Catholic nursing school in New England was opened in 1892.<ref name=history1/>
In 1920 the hospital introduced its Residency training programs. In 1950 the first plastic hip operation in the United States was performed by Dr. W.R. MacAusland at Carney Hospital.<ref name=history1/><ref name=dorchesterbook/> In 1953, the hospital moved from South Boston to its present location in Dorchester. The hospital became one of the first in USA to establish community health centers in 1973. Next year, Carney Hospital provided the first medical emergency rooftop helistop in Massachusetts.<ref name=history1/> The hospital celebrated 125 years of service in 1988.<ref name=125years>{{cite news |first=Gloria |last=Negri |title=Carney Hospital Turns 125 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEE66A0E22E39&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=May 30, 1988 |access-date=2007-06-24 }}</ref> After several months of deliberations,<ref name=caritasmerg>{{cite news |first=Alex |last=Pham |title=Carney Hospital Will Be Sold To Catholic Health Care Network|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADDC7507CBDEB1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=November 5, 1996 |access-date=2007-06-24 }}</ref> In 1997 the hospital became a member of the non-profit Caritas Christi Health Care group, the second largest health care system in New England, and was christened "Caritas Carney Hospital."<ref name=history1/> Caritas Christi was purchased in 2010 by Cerberus Capital Management to create Steward Health Care System, marking the system's transition from non-profit to for-profit.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/02/business/steward-ceo-ralph-de-la-torre/ |title=As Steward hospitals teeter, CEO’s $40 million yacht is docked in the Galapagos Islands |date=February 2, 2024 |last=McGrory |first=Brian |access-date=March 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228235612/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/02/business/steward-ceo-ralph-de-la-torre/ |archive-date=February 28, 2024}}</ref>
On May 6, 2024, Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, raising uncertainty for Carney Hospital's future.<ref name=Globe_240506>{{cite news |last1=Weisman |first1=Robert |last2=Bartlett |first2=Jessica |date=May 6, 2024 |title=Steward files for bankruptcy, leaving its eight Massachusetts hospitals in limbo |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/06/business/steward-bankruptcy/ |work=The Boston Globe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506143916/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/06/business/steward-bankruptcy/ |archive-date=May 6, 2024 |access-date=May 6, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Schooly |first1=Matt |last2=Kaplan |first2=Michael |date=May 6, 2024 |title=Steward Health Care files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/steward-health-care-bankruptcy/ |website=CBS News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506183708/https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/steward-health-care-bankruptcy/ |archive-date=May 6, 2024 |access-date=May 6, 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://bkdata.com/business-bankruptcies/mcallen-texas/05-06-2024/steward-hospital-90336|title=Steward Carney Hospital, Inc. Files For Bankruptcy|date=May 6, 2024|access-date=July 24, 2024|website=BKData|language=en}}</ref> Over the next several months, Steward began searching for potential buyers for all of its hospitals across the country through court-guided auctions. Despite reports from state government that Steward had received bids for all of its hospitals in Massachusetts,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weisman |first=Robert |date=July 24, 2024 |title=Healey presses Steward to move forward quickly in selling Massachusetts hospitals |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/24/business/steward-hospitals-bids/?p1=BGSearch_Overlay_Results |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725163426/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/24/business/steward-hospitals-bids/?p1=BGSearch_Overlay_Results |archive-date=July 25, 2024 |access-date=July 25, 2024 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> the system reported in late July that Carney Hospital, along with Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, would close on or around August 31 having received no "qualified bids."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pressman |first=Aaron |last2=Laughlin |first2=Jason |date=July 26, 2024 |title=Steward closing hospitals in Boston, Central Mass. |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/26/business/steward-hospital-closures/?p1=BGSearch_Overlay_Results |access-date=July 29, 2024 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> This was met with resistance by the public and government officials who planned to fight the hospital's closure, with emphasis specifically on the planned closure date being at odds with state requirements of 120 days' notice of any cessation of essential health services.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Antelman |first=Dakota |last2=Kruczynski |first2=Eliza |date=July 29, 2024 |title=‘We want a better result’: Local leaders promise to hold Steward accountable amid plans to close hospitals |url=https://whdh.com/news/we-want-a-better-result-local-leaders-promise-to-hold-steward-accountable-amid-plans-to-close-hospitals/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729174756/https://whdh.com/news/we-want-a-better-result-local-leaders-promise-to-hold-steward-accountable-amid-plans-to-close-hospitals/ |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |access-date=July 29, 2024 |work=WHDH (TV)}}</ref> However, on August 1, a Texas bankruptcy judge approved for the closure of Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.masslive.com/politics/2024/08/steward-bankruptcy-judge-approves-shutdowns-for-carney-nashoba-valley-hospitals.html|title= Steward can shutter Carney, Nashoba Valley hospitals, bankruptcy judge rules|last=Micek|first=John|date=August 1, 2024|access-date=August 1, 2024|website=Mass Live|language=en}}</ref>
Ultimately, Carney Hospital closed its doors on the morning of August 31, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ganley |first1=Shaun |title=Carney Hospital, Nashoba Valley Medical Center close Saturday morning |url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/carney-hospital-nashoba-valley-final-closure/62022032 |website=wcvb.com |publisher=Hearst Television Inc |access-date=2 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Daniel |first1=Seth |title=At Carney Hospital, final hours saw tears and visits from officials |url=https://www.dotnews.com/2024/hours-its-due-close-carney-hospital-busy-place-afternoon |access-date=2 September 2024 |work=Dorchester Reporter |publisher=Boston Neighborhood News, Inc |date=August 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Prichard |first1=Matt |last2=Klein |first2=Asher |title=Steward hospitals in Dorchester, Ayer close amid bankruptcy saga |url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/two-steward-health-care-hospital-close-on-saturday-morning/3475075/ |website=nbcboston.com |publisher=NBCUniversal Media, LLC |access-date=2 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Weisman |first1=Robert |last2=Kohli |first2=Diti |title=‘We thought somebody would do something.’ Carney and Nashoba hospitals close their doors, in a piercing loss for their communities |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/30/business/carney-nashoba-closing-steward/ |access-date=2 September 2024 |work=The Boston Globe |publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC |date=August 30, 2024}}</ref>
==In popular culture==
Carney Hospital is mentioned in Philip Roth's alternative history novel ''The Plot Against America''. While speaking to a crowd "at South Boston's busy Perkins Square," journalist Walter Winchell narrowly survives an assassination attempt and is "driven to Carney Hospital on Telegraph Hill," where he is treated "for facial wounds and minor burns."
==References== {{reflist}}
== Further reading == * Gillespie, C. Bancroft, [https://books.google.com/books?id=V1pKAAAAYAAJ ''Illustrated History of South Boston: Issued in Conjunction with and Under Auspices of the South Boston Citizens' Association : Comprising an Historic Record and Pictorial Description of the District, Past and Present''], Inquirer Publishing Company, 1900 - South Boston (Boston, Mass.). Cf. [https://books.google.com/books?id=V1pKAAAAYAAJ&dq=history+of+carney+hospital+south+boston&pg=PA251 p.251]
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120113220825/http://www.stewardhealth.org/Carney-Hospital Carney Hospital website]
{{Hospitals in Massachusetts}} {{coord|42.2774|-71.0653|display=title}} {{Cerberus Capital Management}} {{authority control}}
Category:Teaching hospitals in Massachusetts Category:Catholic hospitals in the United States Category:Hospitals established in 1863 Category:Tufts University Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1953 Category:Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024 Category:Steward Health Care Category:Dorchester, Boston