A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved the sale of six Steward Health Care hospitals here Wednesday, the most significant milestone yet in a saga that has commanded state government's time, attention and money, and will reshape the health care landscape in eastern Massachusetts.
Marco Bernasconi, former president and CEO of North Brookfield Savings Bank, has been appointed to the position of chief operating and innovation officer at Country Bank.
The chief technology officer of Marlborough-based IPG Photonics Corp. is heading to retirement, as the company’s new CEO looks to overcome falling stock prices and global demand issues.
For this rural Massachusetts area, the hospital’s closure will mean extended ER wait times at neighboring hospitals already pushing capacity, quadrupled ambulance turnaround times, and ultimately, the potential collapse of a healthcare system already spread thin.