Saud Anwar

Today, State Senator Sand Anwar (D-South Windsor), Senate Chair of the Public Health Committee, released the following statement after the Office of Health Strategy announced it, Yale New Haven Health and Prospect CT reached an agreement regarding certificate of need applications for Yale New Haven Health’s acquisition of three Prospect-owned Connecticut hospitals, allowing for the acquisition to progress.

“It is relieving, and promising, that Yale New Haven Health’s acquisition of Manchester Memorial, Rockville General and Waterbury Hospitals will now be able to move forward with this important settlement being reached,” said Sen. Anwar. “I’m grateful that the hundreds of thousands of patients within these hospitals’ area of care will not have that care compromised. Yale New Haven Health’s commitment to thorough, non-profit, academic medicine will provide benefits to the countless people these hospitals serve, and I am confident that the settlement in question meets their needs and demands. With a focus on keeping costs affordable, investing in mental health and substance use disorder care and meeting the demands of the community at large, as the agreement stands, I’m confident that this long-awaited acquisition will reach its next steps.”