Berkshire Occupational Health Merging with BHS Urgent Care

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems has announced that Berkshire Occupational Health will merge with BHS Urgent Care and will relocate to the Urgent Care location at 505 East Street, St. Luke’s Square, Pittsfield. The relocation will take place on Monday, Feb. 25.

"This move will allow Berkshire Occupational Health to provide local businesses and their employees with enhanced services and added convenience," said Dr. Brian Quinn, medical director of both Berkshire Occupational Health and BHS Urgent Care. "By combining Berkshire Occupational Health with Berkshire Health Urgent Care, our clinical offerings will be more expansive, and in the event employees of our client companies need immediate walk-in care services in addition to occupational health needs, they will be provided in the same location."

Berkshire Occupational Health provides comprehensive services to numerous Berkshire-area businesses and their employees, including physical examinations, occupational injury/illness management and workers compensation services, initial injury evaluations and follow-up, OSHA medical surveillance, hearing and vision conservation, respiratory protection, return to work evaluations, drug screening and breath alcohol testing, immunizations, tuberculosis screening and education, ergonomic workplace evaluation and training, worksite walkthrough visits with follow-up reports, environmental exposure evaluations and other services.

BHS Urgent Care provides immediate care for minor illness and injury and is open seven days a week, with both walk-in and online reservation for patients.

Berkshire Occupational Health will maintain its current hours, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with 24/7/365 availability for drug and breath alcohol testing. The phone number also remains the same, 413-447-2684.

New Camp Is Safe Place for Children Suffering Loss to Addiction

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
06:26AM / Saturday, December 27, 2025

Last year's Happy Campers courtesy of Max Tabakin.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A new camp is offering a safe place for children who have lost a parent or guardian to addiction. 

 

Director Gayle Saks founded the nonprofit "Camp Happy Place" last year. The first camp was held in June with 14 children.

 

Saks is a licensed drug and alcohol counselor who works at the Brien Center. One of her final projects when studying was how to involve youth, and a camp came to mind. Camp had been her "happy place" growing up, and it became her dream to open her own.

 

"I keep a bucket list in my wallet, and it's right on here on this list, and I cross off things that I've accomplished," she said. "But it is the one thing on here that I knew I had to do."

 

The overnight co-ed camp is held at a summer camp in Winsted, Conn., where Saks spent her summers as a child. It is four nights and five days and completely free. Transportation is included as are many of the items needed for camping. The camp takes up to 30 children.

 

"I really don't think there's any place that exists specifically for this population. I think it's important to know, we've said this, but that it is not a therapeutic camp," Saks said.

 

She said the focus is on fun for the children, though they are able to talk to any of the volunteer and trained staff. The staff all have experience in social work, addiction and counseling, and working with children.