UMass Memorial Medical Center faces an almost daily shortage of available beds for critically ill patients – resulting in emergency department wait times that create potential patient safety issues not only on the University Campus but also across Central Massachusetts.

As the only Level I Trauma Center in Central Massachusetts and the region’s safety net hospital, our University Campus emergency department serves the most critical patients – those needing acute care or surgery for life or death situations.  

It is critical that we have the necessary capacity to care for our patients. We believe the best way to address this issue is to add more medical-surgical beds at the University Campus.

We invite you to learn more about our plans by exploring this site.