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Forklift falls on operator, seriously hurting him, at Boston Logan airport
A forklift operator was seriously injured in an accident at Boston’s Logan International Airport Tuesday, police said. The worker, a subcontractor for JetBlue, was rushed to Boston Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, according to Massachusetts State Police. The forklift overturned onto the worker about 3:30 p.m. when the machine hit part of a stationary structure at a loading area...
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Girl, 3, injured in fall from roof in Avon, officials say
A 3-year-old girl survived a fall from a roof in Avon, Massachusetts, on Friday, officials said. A passing driver spotted the girl sitting on a second-story roof of a building on W. Main Street near Johnson Road and called police about 11:19 a.m., according to Avon’s police and fire departments. When the agencies got to the building, they learned...
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Boston Medical Center calls for state help after ending policy to help migrants
With the influx of migrants increasing, some employees at The Boston Medical Center are calling on Massachusetts to issue a state of emergency. The BMC has been working with the state to accommodate migrants for months. Now, with as many as 100 migrants inside each day, the hospital has changed its policy, saying it would focus its attention on migrants…
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Boston Medical Center team chosen to redevelop Jamaica Plain Hospital Campus
The state on Wednesday announced that Boston Medical Center has been provisionally designated to lead the redevelopment of the sprawling Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Campus on Morton Street in Jamaica Plain. The BMC team’s initial proposal calls for two facilities with 326 treatment beds, 200 units of permanent supportive housing, 205 units of family supportive housing, 120 emergency housing beds, and…
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Boston Medical Center's Emergency Room Reopens After ‘Around the Clock Cleanup'
The emergency room at Boston Medical Center reopened Monday, earlier than scheduled, after a speedy cleanup from a burst pipe during Saturday’s bitter cold snap. The emergency room had originally been slated to stay closed until Tuesday after water flooded the building from the burst pipe. Patients couldn’t go inside for hours Saturday, with temperatures below zero, and patients...
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Burst Water Pipe Closes Boston Medical Center Emergency Room
The emergency room at Boston Medical Center is closed until Tuesday after a pipe burst on Saturday night. Water flooded the building and patients couldn’t walk inside for hours as temperatures plunged below zero. Meanwhile, patients already inside were moved to other parts of the hospital. The dangerously cold weather lead to a code black at Boston Medical Center,...
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Water Pipe Burst Impacts Emergency Room at Boston Medical Center
Water flooded the building and patients couldn’t walk inside for hours as temperatures plunged below zero.
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Arctic Air Wreaks Havoc on Pipes, Sprinklers at Several Boston Buildings, Hospitals
The Prudential Center, Wang Theatre, Boston Medical Center and Brigham and Women’s Hospital were among several major places in Boston impacted by the record-low temperatures on Saturday