The SHARE Executive Boards at the Med Center and Marlborough Hospital have voted to join the Coalition to Protect Community Care. SHARE leaders are already on the record as opposing the expansion of Mass General Brigham (MGB), because the expansion threated SHARE Union jobs, the financial stability of our hospitals, and care for our most vulnerable patients. (Read more about how MGB’s expansion could impact SHARE jobs and Central Massachusetts.)
By joining the Coalition, SHARE joins forces with providers (UMass Memorial, Shields and Wellforce), community organizations (including the YWCA, the Boys and Girls Club, the United Way, Thrive, Centro and the Central West Justice Center), the Chambers of Commerce of Worcester and Marlborough, and the Mass Nurses Association.
The latest that we’ve heard from the Mass Department of Public Health about their decision about allowing MGB to build these new clinic centers is that DPH has extended the comment period because some technical problems prevented people from submitting their comments.