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04-MAR-2010

Pondville Hospital


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Guest 05-Mar-2025 16:09
I have vague memories of watching my father getting treatments on a monitor in the hall. Is this something I am imagining? I would have been very young.
Guest 03-Mar-2025 15:26
Does anyone remember a Doctor Reed? He saved my father life.
Rich Bergman 15-Jan-2025 15:45
My dad (R. Bergman) worked there for a very long time in the paint shop. He knew lots of people who also worked there. I spent many hours going to work with him and meeting all kinds of great people. I used to explore the grounds, play basketball at the outdoor and indoor hoops and would also ride my skateboard down the back hills that lead to some of the buildings. My parents also lived on campus in the dorms.
Gib B. 03-Mar-2024 14:27
My Father passed many years ago from breast cancer YES thats correct !! He was carrying some boards and they moved and a board shifted and hit him in the chest it was later on that he developed breast cancer as a male I saw his wounds and they were not pretty This is one case where a male died of breast cancer much later on in life my present wife worked at Pondville hospital
Scott Alberti 10-Jun-2022 02:10
My Mother died at Pondville Hospital in 1979. She had breast cancer.
Guest 15-Jan-2022 05:21
Any Records for my Grandfather who died there of cancer in 1966 I have his death certificated but would like more information. Norman Sinclair Ricker
Guest 29-May-2021 19:55
I worked at Southwood after graduating from Southwood School of Practical nursing. It was staffed with caring people in every department. It is sad to see how the last owners left all that equipment and supplies to be strewn around like that.
Sandie Golden 06-May-2021 03:59
My Mother died there August 31,1962 I was never given any answers or information on her death I was 13 I I have tried for years to get information and her medical records with no success does anybody have any way I know of anyone who has succeeded and could help me thank you
Sandie Golden 06-May-2021 03:56
My mother died there on August 31st, 1962 from breast cancer I have been trying for years to get her medical records does anyone have any ideas? Has anyone been successful in getting medical records? If so could you help me please I was 13 when she died I got no information or answers from anyone
Jayme Armstrong 04-Jan-2021 10:05
I was a student at Pondville graduating in 1972.Our class started a hear book for which we paid a small monthly fee.Unfortunately Inever received one nor doI knowifonewaseverput together . Because I was a young mother to a child ( less then.a year oldI was allowed to live at homeUpton,Ma. contrary to the rules that students must live at Ponville during their training.so I did not know the other girls very well so I have not had contact with anyone from my class.
I would love to find a class picture or know if there is a class yearbook floating around.... thank-you Jayme Armstrong
Guest 25-Oct-2020 12:32
Tried to find my CEU's from1983 to 1985 when I attended Ponville Nursing Program ( Hospice) they didn't keep great records
Guest 07-Nov-2019 17:46
I graduated from south wood community hospital in1983. 36 years later I am an rn with a bsn degree. I miss that hospital very much I worked there 18 years until it closed. What a fabulous place it was. I am still a practicing nurse. Loved that place. Great memories!
Tom McDonald 28-Sep-2018 16:06
My Grandfather, Wilfred Arsenault, died in Pondville Hospital in 1953. Cause of death was listed as Hodgkins Disease. In 2013 I went to, I believe, Norfolk, Ma. Town hall and got a copy of his Death Certificate. So there is still some documentation available if you pursue a search. Though the building still stands it is in much disarray and some stories claim it to be haunted. The outside and front entrance appear the same as I remember from the early 50's when visiting my Grandfather with my Parents. It was a scarey place then as it is now. My younger brothers were not allowed admittance as they where considered to young.
Guest 23-Sep-2018 14:19
My grandmother passed away there in 1929...she was a resident of Boston, and was sent to Pondville
Hospital because she had breast cancer....that place must hold a lot of pain and sad memories....
Bernadette Gabriel Higgins 30-Jun-2016 18:40
My mother was treated at Pondville for five years and died the on March 21,1956, when I was nine years old. Is there any way to get her records. I need to know what type of breast cancer she had as my daughter has been diagnosed at age 41.
David Dussault 21-Nov-2015 23:18
My grandmother was treated at Pondsville Hospital for Breast Cancer in the early 60's. Despite the bad prognosis she got in Fall River, she was cured and lived until 1979.
June Lasch 19-Oct-2015 20:23
I worked at Pondville in the old Hosp. in the record room from 1969-1973. The Hosp moved to the new site in 1972 or so and we moved all the records and files at that time.
Guest 06-Dec-2014 03:15
My grandfather was treated at Pondville for bowel cancer. They told my mother that he would not live long. I don't know what they did but he lived another 30 years and died at the ripe old age of 94. A family friend went there for radiation treatments for skin cancer. There were times when he did not have a ride so he walked the 45 miles from and back to home. Interestingly enough, when we moved to the area, I ended up working there until they closed. Those were the best 10 years of my career. I worked with the most caring people I've ever met. Their influence changed my life and hopefully the lives of many of my patients since. When Steward closed the doors, we transferred the outpatient services to an outpatient facility in Foxboro. All records were transferred to Norwood Hospital. Unless there is ongoing care, medical facilities are only bound by law to keep records for 10 years and mammography info for 30 years.
Jeannine V. Gagnon 22-Nov-2014 01:04
Just Thanks again,,,,Pondville Hospital, Walpole Mass,
Jeannine V. Gagnon 22-Nov-2014 01:01
My Dad was treated at Pondville Hospital in Walpole Mass, back in 1944....They saved his life,,,he lived until 1973....It was the best Cancer Hospital around....Sorry to see that it is no longer there,,,,,,
guest 05-Aug-2014 22:56
I worked there in 1959 and '60 just out of high school. And then I moved into one of the old buildings up the hill in the back. It was a cancer research hospital when I was there and a great place to work. I left to go into nursing probably because of having so many positive experiences there. Looking at photos is a real trip for me. I am so sad that it has fallen into disrepair.
Nikki 29-May-2014 15:07
My great grandfather had treatments there in the early 40s for Hodgkins. He died there in June 1943. I just spoke with the records dept @ Steward Norton hospital. She said that they don't keep records after 30 yrs. She said that IF the patient was around when Pondville closed & it transferred then their records would have too. I heard a news story a while back about another abandoned hospital that just had their records in the buildings still & people were breaking in. Since some of the buildings still stand I wonder if there are any old records still in there (since this was well before the age of the internet!)
Guest 06-Nov-2013 21:04
Southwood closed its doors for good in 2003. Though some antiquated buildings have been demolished, six still remain.
Kathy 06-Nov-2013 20:58
If you are looking for records for Pondville - Southwood Hospital, start by calling Stewart Norwood Hospital and finding out where the records may be.
Guest 24-Aug-2013 22:58
Does anyone else find it a little strange that there are no records for this hospital at all?
Guest 20-Aug-2013 21:08
My grandmother was treated at Pondville Hospital from 1930 till she passed away at home from cancer Nov 1932. She and her family would drive to Pondville from Bancroft for her treatments.
Guest 30-Dec-2012 03:35
My great grandmother died at Pondville of cancer in 1937. I'm sure records are long gone. I'd like to know the date of the postcard image that is at the top of this page? Thanks.
Tom McDonald 06-Nov-2012 16:39
My Grandfather, Wilfred F. Arsenault died at Pondville Hospital on June 14, 1953 from Hodgkins. I too would like to know how to get records regarding him.
If anyone can help, please E-mail me. tm1349@comcast.net
Guest 12-Sep-2012 00:25
my dad worked in the boiler room at ponville hospital and our family lived on the grounds in the late 50's. i also ended up working there as a candy striper. i remember, awful green walls ,large tumors, drainage, and people in pain. oh and now i have been a r.n.for almost 38years. medicine has come along way. i have been touched by cancer personally and professionaly over the years. hopefully it will be eradicated. kathleen
Guest 27-Jul-2012 12:29
Guest
I am a ccancer survivor. I had Hodgkins at the age of 23 (1971). I am still alive at 63 because of Pondville. It was a wonderful hospital and staffed by some of the best cancer doctors in the country. If was a research and teaching hospital. They even invited me to talk with some of the young doctors and I remember them observing as I got ready for a radiation treatment. I had 45 treatments.
I do have my records that I requested for one of my doctors. If Norwood was the last to own the hospital, I think they might be the ones to retain the records.
July 27, 2012
Guest 22-Feb-2012 20:00
I had a cousin when she was only the age of 23 in 1972 was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma.In 1972 when I was just 7 years old can remember going into the main entrance which was built in 1969.I remember the people when walking in with long hair (which was in fashion then)waiting in the waiting area.The nurses walking around had white uniforms and those white paper hats too.I was told to wait downstairs because you needed to be over a certain age when i went there with my parents and it made me sad because i wanted to see my cousin which was in severe pain from her cancer and radiation therapy ,but unfortunately she lost her battle with her Hodgkins disease.Incidentally the cure for what she had was discovered only 2 months later.sadly -if they had cured her ,she would still be alive today.I would like to know if there are any records accessable and/or available? unfortunately if there are any they are only accessable to immediate family only.
Guest 22-Feb-2012 19:54
I had a cousin when she was only the age of 23 in 1972 was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma.In 1972 when I was just 7 years old can remember going into the main entrance which was built in 1969.I remember the people when walking in with long hair (which was in fashion then)waiting in the waiting area.The nurses walking around had white uniforms and those white paper hats too.I was told to wait downstairs because you needed to be over a certain age when i went there with my parents and it made me sad because i wanted to see my cousin which was in severe pain from her cancer and radiation therapy ,but unfortunately she lost her battle with her Hodgkins disease.Incidentally the cure for what she had was discovered only 2 months later.If they had cured her ,she would still be alive today.
Guest 22-Feb-2012 19:44
I had a cousin when she was only the age of 23 in 1972 was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma.In 1972 when I was just 7 years old can remember going into the main entrance which was built in 1969.I remember the people when walking in with long hair (which was in fashion then)waiting in the waiting area.The nurses walking around had white uniforms and those white paper hats too.I was told to wait downstairs because you needed to be over a certain age when i went there with my parents and it made me sad because i wanted to see my cousin which was in severe pain from her cancer and radiation therapy ,but unfortunately she lost her battle with her Hodgkins disease.Incidentally the cure for what she had was discovered only 2 months later.
Guest 03-Dec-2011 19:07
My father died there in 1967; I too would like to know if there are any records that still exist?
Gwen 05-Oct-2011 20:13
My dad died there from leukemia in 1964, his name was James Millard Converse, from Hanson, Mass. If anyone has ANY information, I would appreciate it. I was 6 years old and waved goodbye to him in the Ponville Hospital parking lot.
Grace Childs 05-Oct-2011 00:44
I found a letter from my grandmother written in August 1944 while in Pondville Hospital. She was expecting to be released. She may have been but died in October of 1944. I would also like to know if there are records available.
Jo-Ann Griffin 04-Aug-2011 15:36
My Aunt was treated for breast cancer in 1961. As a 12 year old I will never forget the site of her chest burned black to a crisp from the treatment. It was horrible. She passed while there.
Guest 31-Jul-2011 23:12
I posted a question about my dad passing in 1997 I was also wondering why there are no pictures of the hospital (interior/exterior) or very limited posted online. He had some radical treatment when he was there the 1st time but I guess it bought us 18 more years with him. I would have never realy known him.
Guest 31-Jul-2011 23:04
My Dad died there in 1997 I would be curious to know where any of those records would be. He also had been a patient 18 yrs earlier with cancer when it was norwood hospital
Guest 26-Feb-2011 20:48
My Mom died there in 1955. Do you know if there are any records still available?
Guest 26-Feb-2011 20:47
My Mom died there in 1955. Do you know if there are any records still available?
Marie (Medeiros)Crawford 18-Feb-2011 16:10
My Dad was a cancer patient at Pondsville in 1935. Any way to get info. on patients back then?
Guest 29-Jun-2010 19:32
Yes, my own grandfather was a patient at that hospital probably 50 years ago or so while it was Pondville Hospital and dedicated to cancer patients. It is located in Norfolk, MA. It then became a full care hospital that was affiliated with Norwood Hospital called Southwood Hospital, Southwood Hospital was shut down in about 1997 due to low census. It sits empty with Jersey barriers blocking the entrance. Norwood Hospital still exists in Norwood, MA.
Guest 04-Apr-2010 00:22
Yikes, it used to be so large - never knew that it started out as a cancer center!!
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