Saints Medical Center has rejected at least four previous Lowell offers since 1987, according to the report.
Saints Medical Center has also considered offers from the for-profit organizations Boston-based Steward Health Care Systems and Nashville-based Vanguard Health Systems.
James Lee, associate professor in UMass Lowell’s Department of Community Health, suggested that Saints’ and its patients’ dedication to its Catholic mission is one obstacle to a Saints-Lowell General merger, the report said.
Read the Lowell Sun report on Saints Medical Center and Lowell General Hospital.
Read more coverage on Saints Medical Center:
– Ratings Agency Raises Concerns About Massachusetts’ Saints Medical Center
– Merger Due Diligence Uncovers Stark Act Violations at Massachusetts’s Saints Medical Center
– CEO of Massachusetts’ Saints Medical Center Resigns
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