The next chapter in the Steward Healthcare crisis is set to begin this week, with the embattled company’s CEO stepping down and hospitals being taken over by other healthcare groups.
Steward, a Texas-based company that filed for bankruptcy in May amid financial crisis, has operated a handful of hospitals in Massachusetts. It recently shuttered the doors of two of them — Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer.
The state has been heavily involved in managing the crisis, with Gov. Maura Healey’s administration announcing that new operators have been secured for remaining Steward hospitals, and transfers of ownership expected to take effect on Tuesday…