The agreement will ensure a seamless and caring experience for Hospice of the South Shore patients and their families.

Earlier this month, twins Patrick and Clara of Rockland held a lemonade stand to raise money for South Shore Hospital's Messina Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Andrade Family Special Care Nursery (SCN). Thanks to their hard work, delicious lemonade, and the support of their friends...

For the fifth consecutive time, South Shore Hospital has earned an “A” safety grade rating from The Leapfrog Group, a designation that ranks the hospital among the safest in the Greater Boston area and the United States.

This is the fourth consecutive verification for South Shore Hospital. As a Level II Trauma Center, the hospital is equipped to handle all critical injuries, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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.

The Hospital is one of only two community-based hospitals ranked in the Top Ten in Massachusetts.

The independent community hospital ranks seventh in Boston Metro, ninth in the state.