Caritas Christi Health Care was a non-profit Roman Catholic healthcare system in the New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

 region of the United States. It was established in 1985 and was the second largest healthcare system in New England. In 2010, Caritas Christi was sold to the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management

Cerberus Capital Management

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is one of the largest private equity investment firms in the United States. The firm is based in New York City, and run by -year-old financier Steve Feinberg. Former U.S...

 which converted it to a for-profit company and renamed it Steward Health Care System

Steward Health Care System

Steward Health Care is the second largest healthcare system in New England, founded by the Caritas Christi Health Care System in 2011. Steward Health Care has 14,000 employees, over 1,700 hospital beds, 2,500 doctors, 2,000 nurses, 80,000 annual inpatient discharges, 250,000 annual emergency...

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Caritas Christi was an integrated healthcare network providing community based medicine and tertiary care in eastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Caritas Christi Health Care had 12,000 employees, 1,552 hospital beds, 2,305 doctors, 1,880 nurses, 73,546 annual inpatient discharges, 238,551 annual emergency department visits and 55 communities served. Caritas Christi Health Care was led by President/CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD and located within the St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

St. Elizabeth's Medical Center (Boston)

St. Elizabeth's Medical Center is a large medical facility and teaching hospital in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....

 campus.

Hospitals

Merrimack Valley Hospital and Nashoba Valley Hospital were acquired recently.>

Hospital	Location	Bed count	Emergency Department	Founded	Notes	Website
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center St. Elizabeth's Medical Center (Boston) St. Elizabeth's Medical Center is a large medical facility and teaching hospital in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....	Brighton Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts Brighton is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and is located in the northwest corner of the city. It is named after the town of Brighton in the English city of Brighton and Hove...	317		1868	Founded by Third Order of St. Francis Third Order of St. Francis The Third Order of St. Francis is a third order within the Franciscan movement of the Roman Catholic Church. It includes both congregations of vowed men and women and fraternities of men and women living standard lives in the world, usually married...	http://www.caritasstelizabeths.org/
Carney Hospital Carney Hospital Carney Hospital is a 159-bed community teaching hospital in Dorchester, Massachusetts, affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center. The hospital had its beginnings in 1863 in South Boston. It was the first Catholic hospital in New England. Among its first patients...	Dorchester	230		1863	Founded by Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and Andrew Carney. First Catholic hospital in New England.	http://www.caritascarney.org/
Good Samaritan Medical Center	Brockton Brockton, Massachusetts Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population was 93,810 in the 2010 Census. Brockton, along with Plymouth, are the county seats of Plymouth County...	231		1993	Merger of Cardinal Cushing General Hospital and Goddard Memorial Hospital	http://www.caritasgoodsam.org/
Holy Family Hospital	Methuen Methuen, Massachusetts Methuen is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 43,789 at the 2000 census.-History:Methuen was first settled in 1642 and was officially incorporated in 1726; it is named for the British diplomat Sir Paul Methuen. Methuen was originally part of Haverhill,...	254		1950	Formerly Bon Secours Hospital	http://www.caritasholyfamily.org/
Norwood Hospital Norwood Hospital Norwood Hospital is a hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. It is a member of Caritas Christi Health Care.-External links:*...	Norwood Norwood, Massachusetts Norwood is a town and census-designated place in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,602. The community was named after Norwood, England...	264		1902	Formerly Willett Cottage Hospital	http://www.caritasnorwood.org/
Saint Anne's Hospital	Fall River Fall River, Massachusetts Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located about south of Boston, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and west of New Bedford and south of Taunton. The city's population was 88,857 during the 2010 census, making it the tenth largest city in...	160		1906	Founded by Dominican Sisters of the Presentation Dominican Order The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...	http://www.saintanneshospital.org/

In 1998, Caritas Christi acquired St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island.

Other facilities

Non-acute Caritas Christi facilities which offer a variety of services include Caritas Home Care, Caritas Good Samaritan Hospice, Caritas Labouré College, Caritas St. Mary's Women and Children's Center, Caritas Por Cristo, and the Caritas Physician Network.

Controversies

In 2006, former president Dr. Robert Haddad resigned amidst accusations of sexual harassment.