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State holds job fairs ahead of planned Steward hospital closures in Dorchester, Ayer

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Moving trucks were passing in and out of Carney Hospital in Dorchester Tuesday as the hospital’s planned closure continued to rapidly approach. 

Just days before Carney is scheduled to shut its doors, the state-run MassHire Rapid Response service was holding a job fair for soon-to-be unemployed hospital staff. 

“It’s just kind of coming down to the end,” said Carney employee Alyssa Bartholomew. 

“When I walked in the hospital today, it was just totally empty,” she continued. “It was eerie a little bit.” 

Carney was founded in 1863 and is currently owned by Steward Health Care. 

Mired in financial troubles, Steward declared bankruptcy earlier this year. Steward said it tried to sell its portfolio of Massachusetts hospitals but was unable to find a qualified buyer for Carney or Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer. 

As a result, Steward said it would close both facilities by the end of this month. 

News of upcoming hospital closures sparked outrage from patients, public officials, union leaders, and hospital workers. 

Critics voiced new condemnation of Steward’s leadership while sounding the alarm about longer trips to hospitals and an increased strain on hospitals serving people in the Boston area and central Massachusetts. 

Many organized protests, with hundreds of people forming a human chain around Nashoba Valley on Monday in an effort to emphasize the hospital’s role in the community. 

With Steward pressing ahead on plans to close Carney and Nashoba Valley, though, employees at Carney said they were concerned. 

“A lot of our colleagues are older and it’s harder to find a job when you’re older,” said Narkeya Washington. 

Washington was at Tuesday’s MassHire job fair. With more than 30 employers taking part in the event, Washington said the offering was “very helpful.” 

“I ended up finding something that’s going to pay me way more than what I was working here,” she said. 

MassHire held another job fair at Nashoba Valley Tuesday to help employees at that facility.

In addition to Carney and Nashoba Valley, Steward owns six operational hospitals elsewhere in Massachusetts. 

Gov. Maura Healey on Aug. 16 announced deals were in place for Steward to sell five of its hospitals to buyers including Boston Medical Center, Lawrence General Hospital, and Lifespan.

Healey said the state would seize the land under St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton by eminent domain and also facilitate selling that hospital to Boston Medical Center. 

Though Healey outlined the deals, the federal bankruptcy court overseeing Steward’s case still needs to grant its approval for the deals to move forward. 

The court has scheduled a series of hearings to consider the matter. In each case, though, the State House News Service reported Steward postponed the hearings. 

In its latest filing, Steward said sale hearing had been unilaterally adjourned until Sept. 4. 

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