$4.5M deficit must be closed by fall. Jack Encarnacao, Patriot Ledger, March 2, 2010 Quincy - Sobering. Urgent. Vital. Survival. These were among the reactions to a presentation to the city council by the president of Quincy Medical Center, which must close a $4.5 million budget deficit by September 30. Dr. Gary Gibbons said the hospital must enter a new era of discipline, creativity and innovation. “If the medical center is to survive and prosper, Quincy Medical Center must take charge of its own destiny and do so immediately,” he said. “Survival is not a given, but for me in leading the medical center, failure is not an option.” ... Quincy