Massachusetts governor says a hospital was seized through eminent domain
to keep it open
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 [September 28, 2024]
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Friday
that her administration has formally seized a hospital through eminent
domain to help keep it open and transition to a new owner.
St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boston is one of a group operated by
Texas-based Steward Health Care, which had announced its bankruptcy in
May.
Operations will be transferred to Boston Medical Center, Healey said in
a news release, adding, “we will protect access to care for tens of
thousands of patients and save thousands of jobs.”
The action came after her administration announced last month that new
operators had been secured for five of Steward’s seven hospitals in
Massachusetts.
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 Lawrence General Hospital will
become the new operator for both campuses of Holy Family in
Haverhill and Methuen, Lifespan will assume operations of Morton and
Saint Anne’s, and BMC will take over Good Samaritan. These transfers
of ownership are expected to take effect on Oct. 1.
Steward received inadequate bids for two other
hospitals, Carney Hospital in Boston and Nashoba Valley Medical
Center in the town of Ayer, both of which have closed as a result.
A federal bankruptcy court this month approved the sale of Steward’s
other Massachusetts hospitals.
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