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Governor announces deals to preserve five former Steward hospitals, to seize Saint Elizabeth by eminent domain
Summary
The governor said Boston Medical Center, Lifespan and Lawrence General will take over four hospitals and the state will pursue eminent domain to move Saint Elizabeth to Boston Medical Center; the administration committed $30 million to keep hospitals operating while paperwork and financing are finalized.
The governor announced that Massachusetts has reached agreements to preserve operations at five hospitals that were part of the Steward Health Care system and to transfer operations of four campuses to other hospital systems, while the state will pursue an eminent domain proceeding to transfer Saint Elizabeth to Boston Medical Center.
The deals name Boston Medical Center as the buyer of Good Samaritan in Brockton; Lifespan as buyer of Morton Hospital in Taunton and Saint Ann's Hospital in Fall River; and Lawrence General as buyer of both Holy Family campuses in Haverhill and Methuen. "Today, I am happy to announce that Massachusetts is taking steps to save and keep operating the 5 remaining Steward Hospitals in Massachusetts," the governor said, framing the agreements as steps to protect patient access and thousands of hospital jobs.
The governor said Saint Elizabeth received a qualified bid from an operator but that the landlord, Apollo,…
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