Is Caritas management being two-faced?
• Is the threat to close 2 hospitals genuine? • What’s with all of the complaints about the deal piling up? 1. Is Caritas management being two-faced? The Boston Globe reported last Friday, September 24 on Caritas’ negotiations with the nurses’ union, where Caritas said they would have to shut St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Carney Hospital if the Cerberus deal does not go through. They also asked for concessions from the nurses union, including a wage freeze. We are having trouble figuring out which version of the Caritas financial story is true. A year ago they announced they turned a $30 million profit and were on the rebound, then this spring they had to get acquired in order to survive, then around Labor Day they announced plans to acquire Landmark Hospital in Providence, and a few weeks later they need Cerberus in order to survive. Which is it? Who from the Archdiocese of Boston is involved in this? Here is what a Boston Globe reader commented on one of their latest OpEd pieces. One
