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Cambridge CHA Executive Offices ll!J� CHA Health Alliance 1493 Cambridge Street • Cambridge, MA 02139 March 6, 2020 BY EMAIL Stephen Davis MBA Division of Health Care Facility Licensure and Certification Massachusetts Department of Public Health 67 Forest Street Marlborough, MA 01752 Re: Cambridge Public Health Commission (License No. VVAS) Conversion of Somerville Emergency Department to Urgent Care Dear Mr. Davis: By letter dated February 25, 2020, the Department of Public Health (the "Department") provided comments to the plan submitted by Cambridge Public Health Commission, d/b/a Cambridge Health Alliance ("CHA"), detailing how access to emergency services will be maintained for residents of the CHA Somerville Hospital campus service area following the conversion of CHA's satellite emergency facilityat its CHA Somerville Hospital campus (the "Somerville SEF") to an urgent care center. This letter responds to the Department's comments. 1. Informationon Alternative Delivery Sites. Sites and Addresses. In addition to CHA's Cambridge Hospital campus Emergency Department, CHA has identifiedthe followingalternative delivery sites of emergency services forresidents of the CHA Somerville Hospital campus service area: I. Mount AuburnHospital Emergency Department 330 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138 2. Massachusetts General Hospital Emergency Department 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114 3. Winchester Hospital Emergency Department 41 Highland Avenue, Winchester, MA 01890 Travel Times. Given the shape and geography of Somerville, the following table shows travel times to the alternative delivery sites fromaddresses in East Somerville, West Somerville (Davis-Teele Squares), and the Somerville Hospital campus in central Somerville. AFFILIATED WITH: � � MassGern=IHospital HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL /8'\ Beth Israel Deaconess for Children·_ U �o:r:.
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