Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | August 25, 2025 | Worcester Business Journal 7 Congratulations to our colleague and Director of Philanthropy Erin omason Helping drive philanthropy and impact in North Worcester County www.cfncm.org • 978-345-8383 corrected, according to a DPH report filed on the same day. e investigation was then closed. MNA union is now vehemently contesting this determination, claiming in a May 11 letter to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services that Saint Vincent's manage- ment has failed to effectively imple- ment its plan of correction. e letter lists a sampling of 35 violations that had been submitted to the MNA, and some to DPH, detailing incidents of insufficient staffing leading to inadequate care and patient injury. Aer receiving the letter, DPH launched a new investigation into Saint Vincent in June, but DPH officials could not provide information until the investigation was complete. Marlborough Hospital to double emergency department size amid $46M expansion Marlborough Hospital has broken ground on an expansion project to double the size of its emergency de- partment as the hospital works to meet the mounting needs of the community. e expansion project will add 10 new beds to the emergency depart- ment's existing 13, increasing its total registered bed count to 23. Further- more, construction will add 7,000 square feet to the department, more than doubling its current 6,000 square foot size to a total of 13,000 square feet. e ED development project will cost $36 million along with an addi- tional $4 million allocated for a new CAT scan machine and $6 million to create a separate multidisciplinary clin- ic to treat chronic illnesses, bringing the total expenditures to $46 million. e hospital hopes to see its first patient at its expanded emergency department by November 2026. As is, Marlborough's emergency room is undersized for the number of patients it sees, said Dr. Charles Cavagnaro, president of Marlborough Hospital and HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, based in Leominster. Both hospitals are part of the UMass Memo- rial Health system, based in Worcester. During busy hours the facility is forced to keep an overflow of patients in hall spaces as opposed to rooms. "at's never really a crowd pleaser for patients; and I don't blame them, and that's something we want to get away from. And that's probably the number one reason why we need to have more patient beds," he said. e hospital has experienced a stark growth in patient visits over the past five years. In fiscal 2024, the facility had 29,831 ED visits: a 31% increase from fiscal 2020 when it had 22,678 visits. W

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