The commonwealth’s largest nurses union is worried about the future of health care in Western Massachusetts.
“Springfield and the greater Western Massachusetts region cannot afford to lose another hospital service,” Jaime Hyatt, RN, and Dee Doyle, RN, co-chairs of the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) Bargaining Committee at Mercy, said in a statement Thursday.
The fears come after leaders of Mercy Medical Center and Baystate Health are in talks that could result in an acquisition or merger of the two leading Springfield hospitals, according to the Republican newspaper…