Salem Hospital, a member of Mass General Brigham, is located on the North Shore of Boston, Massachusetts and is the second largest community hospital system in Massachusetts. It offers comprehensive medical and surgical services and includes emergency/trauma departments and a birthplace. It includes Salem Hospital and the Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center in Lynn, as well as outpatient care and urgent care. The Medical Staff includes nearly 800 affiliated physicians representing primary care, family practice and 50 additional sub-specialties. It is affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine. Salem Hospital is a general medical and surgical hospital which has 395 beds. The hospital had 19,467 admissions in the latest year for which data are available. It performed 4,409 annual inpatient and 7,955 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency department had 90,149 visits for 2012. A helipad at Salem Hospital is a helicopter transportation hub, with multiple daily flights to hospitals all over Boston. Background Affiliates Salem Hospital is a member of Mass General Brigham, founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. It maintains clinical collaborations with Massachusetts General Hospital, working together to offer advanced inpatient and outpatient care in the community including cancer care, cardiac care, pediatrics, OB/GYN, orthopedics, surgery, and urology services. North Shore Physicians Group is also affiliated with Salem Hospital. North Shore Physicians Group is a network of multi-specialty and primary care physicians serving individuals and families in 25 North Shore locations. 2013 renovations and expansions In October 2013, North Shore Medical Center announced a $170 million expansion and renovation project. Construction is expected to be finished by 2017 and will include a brand new emergency department, over 70 private beds and numerous upgrades within the hospital. Other hospitals in the complex Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH, "The Brigham") is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and has 793 beds. With Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two founding members of Partners HealthCare, the largest healthcare provider in Massachusetts. Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and a biomedical research facility located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the third oldest general hospital in the United States and the 2nd biggest hospital in New England with 1,057 beds coming in after Yale-New Haven Hospital