Steward asks for extension of deadline to close on sale

Russ Olivo, Woonsocket Call, July 28, 2012 Providence – Steward Health Care has asked Attorney General Peter Kilmartin to extend yesterday’s deadline for the for-profit hospital chain to close on the sale of Landmark Medical Center. Amy Kempe, spokeswoman for Kilmartin, said the office will make a decision on Monday after reviewing the request. The attorney general had given Steward 60 days to close on the sale as a condition of approval under the Hospital Conversions Act. Kempe suggested the attorney general was frustrated by the timing of the request, however, suggesting he would have expected Steward to have asked for it sooner, given the urgency of the sale. ... Steward