A federal judge on Wednesday cleared the way for Steward Health Care to close two Massachusetts hospitals, while the fate of the company’s other hospitals remains unsettled and Steward runs critically low on cash.
Medical staff from Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center protested inside the State House Wednesday, demanding Gov. Maura Healey find a way to keep the two Steward Health Care-owned facilities open.
His ruling came despite a dire warning from the Massachusetts Nurses Association that people could die if they have to travel farther and wait longer for care. Steward sold its real estate to another company, Medical Properties Trust, in 2016. The Massachusetts properties now are jointly owned by MPT and another firm, Macquarie Asset Management. Yet another company in the mix is Apollo Global Management, a lender to MPT and Macquarie.
Massachusetts officials have admonished the real estate firms for blocking deals on Steward’s hospitals by trying to extract as much money as they can from the process.“The infighting, this brinkmanship … has led us to the place where we are today. The commonwealth is losing its patience,” said McDonald, the state’s lawyer.
“It’s clear through the bankruptcy process that Steward’s decision to sell properties to Medical Properties Trust has jeopardized community care,” said Tim Foley, executive vice president of 1199SEIU, a labor union representing 5,000 workers across Steward hospitals in Massachusetts. “We need to ensure that these hospitals are transitioned, as many as we can, to not-for-profit owners who are going to put patients first.
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