Gov. Healey Confirms WHAV Report of Bids for Holy Family Hospital, Calls Them ‘Qualified’

Helicopter pad and medical office building at Holy Family Hospital campus in Haverhill. (WHAV News photograph.)

A day after WHAV was the first to relay news of bids for Steward’s Holy Family Hospitals, the governor confirmed Tuesday all of the bankrupt operator’s acute care operations attracted interest.

“We have qualified bids for all the hospitals,” Gov. Maura T. Healey told reporters when asked whether any of Steward’s hospitals had not received bids, which were due on Monday July 15.

The governor’s disclosure, made as Healey was exiting a press scrum after a meeting with legislators, comes after Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Robbie Goldstein last week said state officials had no information on how the bidding process worked out.

Sen. Pavel M. Payano, during an appearance Monday on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast,” said bids were received for Holy Family Hospital with campuses in Methuen and Haverhill

“I don’t know how many bids, but I have heard of a few companies that have put a bid in,” Payano said.

Healey confirmed the report, saying, “We’ve received qualified bids. We are evaluating those now, and it’s currently with the parties right now in New York. So, we’re going to wait to see what happens at the end of today. My focus remains on protecting jobs, protecting patients and protecting the stability of the health market here in Massachusetts. So something that’s evolving—we’ll continue to keep you updated and apprised on developments.”

A Steward spokesperson declined to comment on the bids Tuesday. but a sales hearing is scheduled for the hospitals in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on July 31.

Besides Holy Family Hospital, Steward was taking bids on its other hospitals in Massachusetts: Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, Morton Hospital in Taunton, St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Brighton, Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer. Norwood Hospital, which is temporarily closed, was not included in the sale process.

State House News Service contributed to this report.

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