Church's ruling seals deal's fate.(Roman Catholic Saints Memorial Medical Center and Lowell General Hospital)(Brief Article)

Modern Healthcare, October, 2001 by Lovern, Ed

A long-awaited move by the bishop resulted in checkmate for a proposed hospital merger in Lowell, Mass.

The Archdiocese of Boston's rejection of a proposed joint operating company ``destroyed the basic foundation'' of the planned merger between Roman Catholic Saints Memorial Medical Center and Lowell General Hospital, said Robert Donovan, Lowell General's chief executive officer. Cardinal Bernard Law opposed the two hospitals' plan because Lowell General would have had a majority of the new governing board's seats.

The merger agreement between Lowell's only two hospitals called for Lowell General to abide by Catholic healthcare rules in exchange for an 8-7 majority on the new joint governing board. The pact between the two hospitals was struck in...

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