Nashoba Valley Medical Center
| Nashoba Valley Medical Center | |||||||||||
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| Steward Health Care System | |||||||||||
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| Geography | |||||||||||
| Location | 200 Groton Road, Ayer, Massachusetts, United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°34′38.2″N 71°34′26.1″W / 42.577278°N 71.573917°W | ||||||||||
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| Type | Community | ||||||||||
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| Emergency department | Yes | ||||||||||
| Beds | 73[1] | ||||||||||
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| Helipad | (FAA LID: 1MA1) | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1964[2] | ||||||||||
| Closed | August 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in Massachusetts | ||||||||||
Nashoba Valley Medical Center was a 46-bed community hospital located in Ayer, Massachusetts.[3] In 1994, Deaconess Hospital of Boston purchased what was then called Nashoba Community Hospital.[4] The hospital was purchased by Essent Healthcare in 2001, and sold to Steward Health Care System in 2011.[5]
On May 6, 2024, Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, raising uncertainty for the hospital's future.[6][7][8] Over the next several months, Steward began searching for potential buyers for all of its hospitals across the country through court-guided auctions. Despite reports from state government that Steward had received bids for all of its hospitals in Massachusetts,[9] the system reported in late July that Nashoba Valley Medical Center, along with Carney Hospital in Boston, would close on or around August 31 having received no "qualified bids."[10] This was met with resistance by the public and government officials who planned to fight the hospital's closure, with emphasis specifically on the planned closure date being at odds with state requirements of 120 days' notice of any cessation of essential health services.[11] On August 1, 2024, a Texas bankruptcy judge approved for the closure of Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center.[12]
Ultimately, Nashoba Valley Medical Center closed its doors on the morning of August 31, 2024.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Massachusetts Licensed or Certified Health Care Facility/Agency Listing". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ "Nashoba Valley Medical Center". Facebook. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ "Massachusetts Hospital Profiles - Data Through Fiscal Year 2022" (PDF). Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis. 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2024.
- ^ "Patient demand drives Nashoba Valley plans new 100-bed hospital". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ "Massachusetts Hospitals: Closures, Mergers, Acquisitions and Affiliations". Massachusetts Hospital Association. Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
- ^ Weisman, Robert; Bartlett, Jessica (May 6, 2024). "Steward files for bankruptcy, leaving its eight Massachusetts hospitals in limbo". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Schooly, Matt; Kaplan, Michael (May 6, 2024). "Steward Health Care files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy". CBS News. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ "Steward Carney Hospital, Inc. Files For Bankruptcy". BKData. May 6, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ Weisman, Robert (July 24, 2024). "Healey presses Steward to move forward quickly in selling Massachusetts hospitals". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ Pressman, Aaron; Laughlin, Jason (July 26, 2024). "Steward closing hospitals in Boston, Central Mass". The Boston Globe. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ Antelman, Dakota; Kruczynski, Eliza (July 29, 2024). "'We want a better result': Local leaders promise to hold Steward accountable amid plans to close hospitals". WHDH (TV). Archived from the original on July 29, 2024. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ Micek, John (August 1, 2024). "Steward can shutter Carney, Nashoba Valley hospitals, bankruptcy judge rules". Mass Live. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ Micek, John (August 31, 2024). "As two Mass. hospitals close their doors, backers vow to fight on". MassLive. Archived from the original on August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.