Steward Health Care to close hospitals in Dorchester and Ayer

On Friday, the bankrupted Steward Health Care announced plans to close Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer. In a statement shared with the The Boston Globe, Steward Health Care said it has been actively working to sell or transition all of its eight Massachusetts hospitals and is in the final negotiations to sell six. However, “despite the extensive sale process, which involved close coordination with lenders and regulators, there were no qualified bids for two hospitals, Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center, and, unfortunately,...