The embattled CEO of Steward Health Care is stepping down from the company, his spokesperson confirmed Saturday.
Dr. Ralph de la Torre is a former heart surgeon who climbed the career ladder to become founder and CEO of the now struggling for-profit health care company. He has overseen a network of some 30 hospitals around the country, but the Texas-based company's troubled recent history has drawn scrutiny from elected officials in New England, where some of its hospitals are located."Dr.
De la Torre has faced intense scrutiny over his actions and alleged greed, which many say led to the company's current bankruptcy crisis and devastating impacts for its hospitals and patients. Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said earlier this month that Congress “will hold Dr. de la Torre accountable for his greed and for the damage he has caused to hospitals and patients throughout America.”"This resignation comes too late for the workers, patients, and communities that Mr. de Torre harmed and abandoned,” Markey said in a statement.
A spokesperson for de la Torre defended that decision, saying his client was exercising his Fifth Amendment rights.
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