Southcoast Health CEO Keith Hovan is heading to trial on assault and battery charges in December, after the date was set today in Wareham District Court.
Southcoast Health CEO Keith Hovan is heading to trial on assault and battery charges in December, after the date was set today in Wareham District Court.
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NEW BEDFORD After serving Southcoast Health for three years, North American Partners in Anesthesia will not have its contract renewed, causing a stir among current and former health care workers.
In May 2018, NAPA replaced the former anesthesia group, Anesthesia Associates of Massachusetts, which is now disbanded. AAM s contract employees served Southcoast Health medical facilities for 20 years. Critics say NAPA made promises to President Keith Hovan that it didn t keep. Word had spread around the hospital that NAPA promised to cover all three of Southcoast Health s locations Tobey, St. Luke s, and Charlton for $1.8 million less than AAM while retaining 90% of existing staff. In total, the decision to switch from AAM to NAPA affected roughly 10 doctors and about 25 CRNAs at St. Luke s and a handful from Charlton. The Standard-Times was unable to access official contracts between Southcoast Hospitals and NAPA and AAM.
Health care workers faced one of the most pivotal points in their careers this year, and although vaccines have arrived on the SouthCoast, the battle is still not over. I don t think any of us woke up on Jan. 1, 2020, thinking we would be faced with a once-in-a-century pandemic that would change everything, said President Keith Hovan of Southcoast Health.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 caused the nation to shut down, resulting in unemployment, shortages, illness and death. Hospitals were overflowing with sick patients and field hospitals were required to accommodate the rising number of cases. Personal protection equipment (PPE) was sparse but needed everywhere, especially in health care facilities.