PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island's attorney general has approved the proposed sale of financially-troubled Landmark Health Systems Inc. to a for-profit Massachusetts hospital group.
Attorney General Peter Kilmartin said Friday that he approved the deal for Steward Health Care System LLC to take over the nonprofit Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket with "reasonable conditions."
State health director Dr. Michael Fine said Tuesday he had approved the deal, under which Landmark would become a for-profit hospital.
Both the attorney general and health director are required to give it the green light.
Woonsocket's mayor and many in the community support the deal, saying it would preserve critical medical services and jobs. Landmark has been under court supervision since 2008. A state judge approved the sale last year.