Effective immediately, South Shore Health (South Shore Hospital, South Shore Medical Center, and Health Express) will only conduct COVID-19 tests on patients requiring admission to the hospital or are at high risk and for healthcare workers that are in contact with a positive patient and become...

South Weymouth, Mass., (October 3, 2018) - In an effort to reduce the growing epidemic of unnecessary cesarean deliveries, South Shore Hospital has teamed-up with Ariadne Labs, a joint center between Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, to implement a new...

William Tollefsen, MD., M.Sc., MBA, FAEMS, has been appointed Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care at South Shore Health. In addition to his current roles in Mobile Integrated Health and EMS, he will be responsible for providing the strategic and clinical leadership for all urgent care...

In an effort to better serve the community of Weymouth, South Shore EMS has opened a new headquarters located at 60 Winter Street. The 14,453 square foot facility sits directly next door to the Weymouth Fire and Police Departments, helping to enhance the already strong relationship between the three...

South Shore Health has taken an additional step to protect the safety of our patients by setting up a COVID-19 testing site at Union Point, Weymouth. Patients who have COVID-19 symptoms and are deemed eligible for a sample collection and subsequent testing at an approved lab will be registered and...

On March 17, 2022, our health system and its colleagues suffered a terrible loss. South Shore Hospital’s Chief of Medicine Robert K. McIntyre, MD, passed away in an apparent diving accident off the coast of Florida. Along with being an extraordinarily talented and gifted physician who cared deeply...

For the third consecutive time, South Shore Hospital’s Critical Care Unit has been given the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Beacon Silver Award for improving patient and family outcomes and overall satisfaction. South Shore Hospital is one of only two hospitals in Massachusetts...

South Shore Hospital has once again earned an “A” safety grade rating from the Leapfrog Group, a designation that ranks the hospital among the safest in the United States. South Shore Hospital is part of South Shore Health, a not-for-profit, charitable health system offering primary and specialty...

South Shore Health’s 33rd annual Golf Classic is set for Monday, May 23, and will be held at two locations: Plymouth Country Club and the Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth, Mass.

Dilip Nataraj, MD has been named Chair of Critical Care Medicine at South Shore Hospital, part of South Shore Health. Since July 1, 2020, Dr. Nataraj served as interim Chair of Critical Care and has helped lead his colleagues during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. He will continue to spearhead...