Boston Medical Center – South (BMC South) (formerly Good Samaritan Medical Center) is a mid-size non-profit acute-care hospital located in

Brockton, Massachusetts Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population was 105,643 at the 2020 United States census. Along with Plymouth, Massachusetts, Plymouth, it is one of the two county seats of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, ...

with auxiliary facilities in the neighboring town of Stoughton. BMC South is a part of Boston Medical Center Health System, a non-profit health care system which took over the hospital in 2024 from

Steward Health Care Steward Health Care was a large private for-profit hospital, for-profit health system headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It utilizes an integrated care model to deliver healthcare across its hospitals and primary care locations, as well as through ...

, its previous operator, which was forced to sell its Massachusetts hospitals following its bankruptcy.

History

The

Archdiocese of Boston The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in eastern Massachusetts in the United States. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Boston), Cathedral o ...

, under the direction of Cardinal

Richard Cushing Richard James Cushing (August 24, 1895 – November 2, 1970) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Boston from 1944 to 1970 and was made a cardinal in 1958. Cushing's main role was as fundraiser and builder ...

, founded the Cardinal Cushing General Hospital in 1968. The 35 acre complex was opened on Sunday January 14, 1968. At its opening the $12 million dollar facility had 275 beds and included a

surgical Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery ...

suite, a

pediatric Pediatrics (American English) also spelled paediatrics (British English), is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, pediatrics covers many of their youth ...

department, and a

psychiatric Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of deleterious mental conditions. These include matters related to cognition, perceptions, mood, emotion, and behavior. Initial psychiatric assessment of ...

ward. Cushing proclaimed "this hospital will not be interested in making money ... our interest is in helping the sick and paying our expenses." In 1986 Cardinal Cushing Hospital, along with St. Elizabeth Hospital, St. John of God Hospital, and St. Margaret's Hospital for Women, founded the Caritas Christi healthcare group, moving administration away from the arch-diocese directly. In 1993 Cardinal Cushing Hospital president Robert J. Jepson Jr. announced merged with nearby Goddard Memorial Hospital in Stoughton. The new combined hospital was named Good Samaritan. A 1994 boiler room fire caused some damage to the Cardinal Cushing campus of the hospital. All 114 patients were successfully evacuated. In 2010 Good Samaritan Hospital was converted into a for-profit hospital after Caritas Christi sold its six Massachusetts hospitals, including Good Samaritan, to

Cerberus Capital Management Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is an American global alternative investment firm with assets across credit, private equity, and real estate strategies.Leaders Magazine"Providing Economic Opportunity: An Interview with The Honorable Dan Qua ...

. Good Samaritan was a founding member of the Steward Health Care System. On May 5, 2024, ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...

'' announced Steward Health Care was expected to file for imminent

Chapter 11 bankruptcy Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code ( Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Such reorganization, known as Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is available to every business, w ...

protection, blaming rising costs, insufficient revenue and cash crunches as part of the decision. On August 30, 2024 the non-profit Boston Medical Center announced it would purchase Good Samaritan Medical Center as well as St. Elizabeth's in Brighton. On October 1, 2024, BMC Health System officially took over the hospital from Steward. Due to the separation of the hospital from Steward's previous arrangements with the Archdiocese, BMC was required to remove all Catholic references from the hospital, including changing its name. On May 1, 2025, the system announced that the hospital would be renamed Boston Medical Center – South.

Operations

BMC South is licensed for 237 beds. The hospital has a level III Adult trauma center. The hospital discharged 13,362 in 2022 accounting for 1.8% percent of Massachusetts' total discharges. In that year the hospital also reported emergency room visits of 51,269 and total revenues of $311.2 million.

References

{{Hospitals in Massachusetts Hospitals in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Brockton, Massachusetts 1968 establishments in Massachusetts Trauma centers Steward Health Care 2024 mergers and acquisitions