The hospital giant, one of the state's top employers, said it is “acting now” to close its $250 million budget gap over the next two years. The post Mass General Brigham’s second round of major layoffs begins this week appeared first on Boston.

The layoffs were slated to stem projected financial shortfalls and are occurring as part of an ongoing consolidation of the state's largest health care system.

An anticipated second wave of nonclinical layoffs has kicked off this week at nonprofit health system Mass General Brigham, a spokesperson for the organization confirmed Monday. | Following initial cuts last month,

Mass General Brigham began its second round of layoffs this week, following an initial wave of job cuts in mid-February. The post Here’s how readers will be impacted by the Mass General Brigham layoffs appeared first on Boston.

Doctors say they don't know who will run clinical departments and who will be axed, and many feel that the parent company is making decisions without consulting them or considering patients’ best interests.

Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s parent organization, Boston-based Mass General Brigham, announced a second round of layoffs Monday. The cutbacks are aimed at closing a $250 million budget gap within the next two years at Mass General Brigham,

MGB says its "strategic organizational redesign," which primarily involves cutting management and administrative positions, comes as the system grapples with a projected $250 million budget gap over the next two years.