Hospital operator Steward Health Care files for bankruptcy in US

DALLAS, Texas: In a press release this week, Dallas-based hospital operator Steward Health Care said it filed for bankruptcy protection but would maintain its eight hospitals in Massachusetts.

In a written statement, the company said, "Steward does not expect any interruptions in its day-to-day operations, which will continue in the ordinary course throughout the Chapter 11 process."

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