SENATOR ANWAR ENCOURAGED BY REPORTED HARTFORD HEALTHCARE BID ON MANCHESTER, VERNON-ROCKVILLE HOSPITALS

Today, State Senator Saud Anwar (D-South Windsor), Senate Chair of the Public Health Committee, issued a statement in support of a reported court filing indicating Hartford HealthCare submitted a bid to purchase Manchester Memorial Hospital in Manchester and Rockville General Hospital in Vernon from the bankruptcy of current owner Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc.:

“This is incredibly welcome news for health care in the state of Connecticut. I fully endorse and encourage Hartford HealthCare’s bid to purchase these hospitals, which would preserve local community care in Manchester, Vernon and their surrounding towns and cities. Hundreds of thousands of people rely on local health institutions like these, which made Prospect’s questionable ownership practices, including underinvesting in the hospitals, so concerning. Hartford HealthCare would be able to strongly enhance quality of care and investments in health care resources at both hospitals. Both of these hospitals have excellent staff and this shift would further enhance hiring and recruiting to ensure continued top-level care. Perhaps most hearteningly, if successful, this bid would reduce private equity’s presence in state healthcare.”