{"id":474672,"date":"2026-02-17T22:49:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/474672\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T22:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:49:21","slug":"breakup-between-brigham-and-dana-farber-is-getting-messier-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/474672\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakup between Brigham and Dana-Farber is getting messier fast"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does it feel like to live in a house where your parents are getting divorced? Just ask some of the staff at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.<\/p>\n

Things have been a bit awkward since the\u00a0cancer hospital announced 2\u00bd years ago<\/a>\u00a0that it was breaking its decades-long partnership with Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital and instead partnering with nearby rival Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.<\/p>\n

As\u00a0shocking as the announcement was<\/a>\u00a0in Boston\u2019s\u00a0large medical community<\/a>, the changes were expected to take time: The two would incrementally unwind the partnership, with the contract ending in 2028. Moreover, the new cancer hospital Dana-Farber was planning with Beth Israel wouldn\u2019t be ready until 2031.<\/p>\n

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