Unique Hospital
Our Mission
“Boston Medical Center (BMC) is dedicated to providing high quality, comprehensive, culturally relevant health care as an academic teaching hospital. BMC pursues this mission through sponsorship of graduate medical education programs.”
Our Patients:
- 1 in 3 identify as Black
- 1 in 4 identify as Latinx
- 1 in 4 experience food insecurity
- 1 in 10 of our hospitalized patients are unhoused or housing insecure
- 50% live at or below the federal poverty level
In an average year, we serve patients through more than:
- 1.3 million visits
- 24,000 admissions
- 132,000 emergency department visits;
- busiest ED in the NE
We Host the First Ever Hospital Farm Roof!

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- BU Today – Farm in the Sky
- BMC Roof Top Farm
- BMC Bees in the Rooftop GArden (Video)
- Boston Magazine With a New Rooftop Farm, Nutrition Is BMC’s Highest Priority
- Hospital Creates Largest Rooftop Garden in Boston
- Greenroofs.com Boston Medical Center Rooftop Farm Video
- USA Today98