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Pondville State Hospital
Pondville State Hospital
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Geography
Location	Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates	42°05′49″N 71°17′20″W / 42.096969°N 71.288766°W
Organization
Funding	Government hospital
History
Opened	1927
Closed	1981
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Massachusetts

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Pondville State Hospital, located in Norfolk, Massachusetts, opened in 1927 as a state-operated hospital to treat cancer patients and do research on the prevention and cure of cancer.^[1] It was located in buildings of the former Norfolk State Hospital,^[1] which served the mentally ill and drug-addicted from 1914 to 1919.^[2] Pondville provided surgical services, residency training, training for Licensed Practical Nurses (from 1949), and outpatient care. From the 1920s to the 1960s, facilities included on-site housing for many employees in separate multi-unit "cottages". New hospital buildings were constructed in the 1960s but as the state deemphasized direct patient care, it was agreed to sell the facility to the privately owned Norwood Hospital in 1981. (Norwood Hospital was totally ruined by a flood in July 2020 and is currently being rebuilt [SEPT 2023])

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^ ^a ^b Parker, George L. (1948-06-03). "The Pondville State Cancer Hospital, 1927-1947". New England Journal of Medicine. 238 (23): 800–804. doi:10.1056/NEJM194806032382303. ISSN 0028-4793.
^ "Annual reports Norfolk State Hospital (Mass.)". Massachusetts Archives. Archived from the original on June 24, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.

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Asylumprojects.org homepage for Pondville State Hospital

[:0-1] Parker, George L. (1948-06-03). "The Pondville State Cancer Hospital, 1927-1947". New England Journal of Medicine. 238 (23): 800–804. doi:10.1056/NEJM194806032382303. ISSN 0028-4793.

[2] "Annual reports Norfolk State Hospital (Mass.)". Massachusetts Archives. Archived from the original on June 24, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.

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 '''Pondville State Hospital''', located in [[Norfolk, Massachusetts]], opened in 1927 as a state-operated hospital to treat cancer patients and do [[Cancer research|research]] on the prevention and cure of cancer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Parker |first=George L. |date=1948-06-03 |title=The Pondville State Cancer Hospital, 1927-1947 |url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/NEJM194806032382303 |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |language=en |volume=238 |issue=23 |pages=800–804 |doi=10.1056/NEJM194806032382303 |issn=0028-4793}}</ref> It was located in buildings of the former '''Norfolk State Hospital''',<ref name=":0" /> which served the mentally ill and drug-addicted from 1914 to 1919.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annual reports Norfolk State Hospital (Mass.). |url=http://chc.library.umass.edu/state-archives/2017/04/14/annual-reports-norfolk-state-hospital-mass/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624200537/http://chc.library.umass.edu/state-archives/2017/04/14/annual-reports-norfolk-state-hospital-mass/ |archive-date=June 24, 2024 |access-date=June 24, 2024 |website=Massachusetts Archives}}</ref> Pondville provided surgical services, residency training, training for [[Licensed practical nurse|Licensed Practical Nurses]] (from 1949), and outpatient care. From the 1920s to the 1960s, facilities included on-site housing for many employees in separate multi-unit "cottages".  New hospital buildings were constructed in the 1960s but as the state deemphasized direct patient care, it was agreed to sell the facility to the privately owned [[Norwood Hospital]] in 1981. (Norwood Hospital was totally ruined by a flood in July 2020 and is currently being rebuilt [SEPT 2023])