This is a map of my region of Massachusetts. The purple dots are hospitals. The yellow dot is my house. The red X represents Nashoba Valley Medical Center, which closes today.
The remedies offered by the state are:
- They will station ambulances at the old ER for another week, in case someone comes there who didn't get the news.
- They will offer slightly cheaper urgent care in the area until October 1st.
- just don't get sick lol? 🤪
This hospital, as well as Carney Hospital in Dorchester, is closing because Ralph de La Torre (and a few other Steward executives) was not satisfied with merely being so rich he never had any unmet needs, he somehow needed to be richer than that. And he was willing to kill to do it.
The region isn't just losing ER service and inpatient beds; we're also losing a chemo clinic, MRI/CT/mammogram imaging, two physical therapy clinics, an endoscopy center, a surgical center, a pain clinic, and an occupational health clinic. And 500 local jobs. All gone. Wasn't as important as one rich guy being fractionally richer. That's what the free market decided. God bless America.
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