It was anything but a routine call for South Shore Health paramedics when the crew was dispatched to a patient’s home to care for a pregnant mother. Learn more about how the team helped a young family welcome a new addition.

A new way of caring for opioid-addicted newborns has allowed South Shore Hospital to reduce the use of withdrawal symptom medications by 25 percent over the past seven months and let pediatric patients go home earlier, hospital officials say. Read the Patriot Ledger article.

Congratulations to the Kish family of Weymouth, whose daughter was the first baby born on the South Shore in 2019.

South Shore Health has announced the election of two distinguished individuals to its Board of Directors who will serve terms through 2026.

IMPACT Melanoma Foundation and Arbella Insurance recently donated 150 “sun- safe” gift bags to South Shore Hospital’s newest parents and their newborns.

The recognition allows South Shore Hospital to perform bariatric surgery on United Healthcare patients and confirms the Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery is clinically superior to other bariatric programs.

South Shore Hospital Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery has been accredited as a Comprehensive Center by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®), a joint Quality Program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).

Earlier this month, we gratefully received a generous donation from Kids Who Care: this kind and thoughtful group donated 55 emergency care duffel bags to South Shore Hospital's Joseph & Mildred Finnell Family Pediatric Unit!

Dr. Ghushe, an accomplished bariatric and general surgeon, has performed bariatric surgery at South Shore Hospital since 2017.

All returning patients will need to complete a one-time South Shore MyChart password reset when logging in for the first time after December 8, 2018. Here's how to do it.