Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has distributed $5 million in grant funding to 13 municipalities to support emergency medical services in the Nashoba Valley region after the Aug. 31, 2024 closure of Ayer, Mass.-based Nashoba Valley Medical Center, which was part of bankrupt Dallas-based Steward Health Care.
The funds are part of an approved $10 million in 2025 supplemental budget funding to support EMS statewide, according to a Dec. 16 news release.
The 13 EMS providers in the Nashoba Valley will receive $100,000 each, with the remaining $3.7 million to be distributed proportionally based on changes in emergency medical services call volumes and transport time increases to the closest emergency department.
Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health is also opening a satellite emergency facility in Groton, Mass., which is in the Nashoba Valley. UMass Memorial expects the state’s licensure approval for the facility by late 2026, according to its website.
“When Steward executives closed Nashoba Valley Medical Center, we made a commitment to patients, healthcare workers and first-responders that they would not be left behind or forgotten,” Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., said in the release. “By continuing to support first-responders across the Nashoba Valley, we are ensuring communities have the emergency care they need while construction of UMass Memorial’s new, state of the art satellite emergency facility moves forward in Groton.”
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