To the Editor:

Early on in the Healey-Driscoll-Walsh Administration, officials very publicly identified areas of Massachusetts that experienced the greatest degree of health care disparities. Both Steward hospitals that are threatened with closure on Aug. 31 – Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer – fall within those areas, yet that administration is rubber-stamping Steward’s decision to shut them down. We must fight back against all such medical redlining!

Ten years ago, the people of Quincy tried and failed to save our 124-year-old community hospital. The former hospital property has been transformed into a tight cluster of condos and high-end apartments. Quincy is now the largest city in New England without a hospital or emergency room. Now we, too, feel threatened by the loss of the Carney. Your fight is our fight!

Sandy Eaton
South Shore Coalition for Human Rights
Quincy, MA