Closing Time Line
1990
November 1
November 5
December 17
Adolescent unit transferred to Somerville Hospital.
Central Middlesex admissions diverted to Westborough State Hospital.
R1 closed.
1991
January 2
Tri -City (TC) admissions diverted to Danvers State Hospital and private facilities; two patients transferred to Worcester State Hospital; Cambridge/Somerville (C/S) admission remained; cost funded through June 1991.
Fourteen patients transferred to Westborough State Hospital.
One patient transferred to Lindemann Mental Health Center.
One patient transferred to Worcester State Hospital; Commissioner Tomes meets with interested families at Kline Hall.
Four patients transferred to Worcester State Hospital; twenty-four patients transferred to Westborough State Hospital.
R4 closed.
B1 closed.
One patient transferred to Farren Care Center.
Shuttle service to Worcester and Westborough State hospitals commenced.
Two patients transferred to Westborough State Hospital.
Two patients transferred to Worcester State Hospital.
Three patients transferred to Westborough.
Two patients transferred to Westborough.
Five patients transferred to Westborough.
Four patients transferred to Worcester.
Pierson Road (C/S) residence opened for eight patients; Saugus House residence opened for eight patients; Woburn House residence opened for eight patients; Banks Street, Waltham, residence opened for eight patients.
Three patients transferred to Westborough.
Hammond Street residence (C/S) opened for eight patients; ongrounds Residence I opened for six patients; Watertown apartment opened for four patients.
Semrad Unit shut with closing of D1 and A2.
Maynard House opened for ten patients.
One patient transferred to Worcester.
Watertown apartment opened for four patients; one patient transferred to Worcester.
One patient transferred to Westborough.
Commissioner Elias announced the closing of Metropolitan State Hospital to families and staff.
Danvers cottage opened for four patients.
Admissions service moved to R1.
Cambridge Hospital temporarily relocated Cahill 4 to R2.
Magazine Street opened for ten C/S patients.
Five patients transferred to Danvers State Hospital.
McLaughlin House opened for six central Middlesex patients.
Marguerite Terrace opened for twelve central Middlesex patients.
Three T/C patients discharged to existing community residences.
Ten patients transferred to Westborough.
Five patients transferred to Danvers; C/S opened apartments for twenty-four patients.
Four patients transferred to Westborough.
Burke Unit shut with closing of ME2.
Seventeen patients transferred to Medfield State Hospital.
C/S Unit shut with closing of M&S2.
January 16
January 29
February 4-12
January 2-10
February 5
February 11
February 15
February 16
February 20
February 27
March 13
March 20
April 2
April 4-9
April 1-15
April 17
April 23-29
May 2
May 21
May 9
May 30
June 6
June 20
July 3
November 6
September 24
September 3
November 13-20
November 13-20
November 20
November 21-25
December 3-5
December 5-10
December 10
December 16-30
December 10-30
December 28
1992
January 31
Metropolitan State Hospital officially closed.