Steward Health Care crisis

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

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