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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Governor Maura Healey doubled down Tuesday on her administration's dedication to steering the state through the Steward Health Care bankruptcy crisis.
Steward announced late Monday night it had reached a deal to sell its physicians network, Stewardship Health, to private equity firm Rural Healthcare Group.
Even once its physicians network is sold off, bankrupt Steward will still own eight hospitals in Massachusetts. Earlier this week, Steward postponed until Aug. 16 a U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing in Houston concerning the sales of five of those facilities.
"I'm staying right at the table," Governor Maura Healey said. "I mean our administration has been pushing hard on a deal that would save five hospitals and we continue to press on that and hope for that."
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In July, Steward announced it would close Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer and Carney Hospital in Dorchester by the end of August because no qualified bids had come in to buy the facilities.
The Department of Public Health will hold a hearing Tuesday night at Florian Hall in Dorchester where Carney Hospital's workers and patients can voice what Healey expects will be "really strong complaints and concerns and heartache" on the upcoming closure.
"I understand that and I sympathize with that, but there's only so much that we can do," Healey said.
WBZ NewsRadio's Mike Macklin (@mikemacklinwbz) reports.
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