Boston convenes working group to plan for future healthcare access after Carney Hospital closure

Boston convenes working group to plan for future healthcare access after Carney Hospital closure

The Wu administration announced the 32 members who will sit on a working group dedicated to studying the impacts of Steward Health Care’s decision to close Carney Hospital and planning for future healthcare access at the Dorchester site. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original article here … Read more

Steward’s landlords say they get the hospitals, can and will run them, if lease canceled

Steward’s landlords say they get the hospitals, can and will run them, if lease canceled

If Steward Health Care wants to cancel their lease they have to give up their hospitals, the company’s landlords say as Steward moved to delay its sales hearing again. The drama surrounding Steward Health Care’s decision to close a pair of its Massachusetts hospitals and sell a half-dozen others seemed to be coming to a … Read more

‘We are very close to the finish line’

‘We are very close to the finish line’

Steward Health Care has not yet signed over any of their Bay State hospitals but is close to getting the job done, their lawyers told a bankruptcy court on Thursday. The company is attempting to sell most of its Massachusetts properties to new operators, as they work to square $9 billion in outstanding debt obligations … Read more

Steward delays sale hearing for a fifth time

Steward delays sale hearing for a fifth time

Steward Health Care has pushed back a hearing over the fate of its Massachusetts hospitals for a fifth time. According to overnight court filings, now-bankrupt Steward’s Friday hearing to discuss the sale of several Bay State hospitals will now be held next Thursday. “Pursuant to the Bidding Procedures Order, the Sale Hearing for the Debtors’ … Read more

Residents get bad news at DPH hearing, learn the state and city will not act to save Carney

Steward delays sale hearing for a fifth time

If residents of Dorchester thought they were going to hear some good news regarding the fate of their community hospital during a Department of Public Health hearing, officials were quick to dash those hopes when they said there is nothing they can do to stop what is happening. The state cannot and will not get … Read more

Big week ahead for Steward as hearings loom and closure rumors spread

Big week ahead for Steward as hearings loom and closure rumors spread

The public may finally learn this week who has bid on Steward Health Care’s Bay State hospitals and whether any more hospitals are on the chopping block. A hearing on the sale of the now-bankrupt healthcare company’s Massachusetts assets is set for Tuesday, when Texas-based federal bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez will hear about Steward’s plan … Read more

Carney Hospital earned emergency declaration

Carney Hospital earned emergency declaration

Draconian emergency declarations were thrown around like confetti during the pandemic. Vax mandates, mask decrees, bars and restaurants left bankrupt, places of worship locked up, visiting hours cut down … you get the drift. And then there was the governor’s migrant emergency declaration a year ago tomorrow. We know how well that matter has turned … Read more

1,000+ employees at Carney Hospital, Ayer facility to be laid off

1,000+ employees at Carney Hospital, Ayer facility to be laid off

More than 1,000 employees are set to be laid off when Steward Health Care closes two of its Massachusetts hospitals at the end of the month, the bankrupt Dallas-based company told the state. When Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer close on or around Aug. 31, roughly 1,243 employees at … Read more

Boston City councilors, state senator seek emergency declaration over Steward closures

Boston City councilors, state senator seek emergency declaration over Steward closures

“Under the Civil Defense Act of 1950, the Governor and Mayor have the power — and it’s been used before — to declare a state of emergency and put the Department of Public Health or Boston Public Health Commission in charge,” state Sen. Nick Collins said. Originally Published: July 29, 2024 at 8:39 p.m. Read … Read more

Reaction to Steward Health Care’s Dorchester, Ayer closings: ‘Unfortunate yet predictable’

Reaction to Steward Health Care’s Dorchester, Ayer closings: ‘Unfortunate yet predictable’

Elected officials and healthcare unions are reacting strongly to Steward Health Care’s closure of Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, vowing to fight for residents in their communities after the Dallas-based for-profit company dropped the bombshell Friday. Here’s what some of them had to say: Dr. Hugh Taylor, President of … Read more