It has been a little more than a week since the Aug. 31 closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center, and some local fire officials are already seeing the consequences.
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‘It is going to cost lives’: Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Carney Hospital shuttered due to Steward crisis
AYER — After months of drawn-out debate, protests and calls for further intervention into the Steward Health Care bankruptcy crisis, Nashoba Valley Medical Center’s staff solemnly walked out the front door together right at 7 a.m. Saturday when the hospital officially closed down.
Hundreds form human chain around NVMC in show of solidarity ahead of closure
AYER — With just days to go until the imminent closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center, hundreds of hospital staff, residents and elected officials gathered at the facility to form a human chain around the building in solidarity and protest.
DPH: Carney, Nashoba Valley Med Center provide ‘essential services’
AYER — Nashoba Valley Medical Center and Carney Hospital, which are set to close in less than two weeks, each provide an “essential service necessary for preserving access and health status” in their areas, public health regulators concluded this week. The Department of Public Health found after an abbreviated review that the Steward Health Care-owned […]
Editorial: Most vulnerable maternal-health bill’s beneficiaries
As we had hoped, something positive did result from the closing of Leominster Hospital’s maternity ward. UMass Memorial Health’s unwavering decision to close that vital birthing unit last September sent a clear signal to Beacon Hill that the state needs more leverage to bear in these situations. And that can only happen through the Legislature, […]
Officials, residents and NVMC staff sound off on hospital closure during DPH hearing
DEVENS — Dozens of residents, elected officials, first responders and hospital staff sounded off on Steward Health Care and Gov. Maura Healey in a public hearing by the state Department of Public Health regarding the impending closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center.
