Martha’s Vineyard Hospital president Denise Schepici plans to retire at the end of the 2025 after eight years as the head of the Island hospital.
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital and Windemere Nursing board of trustees elected Rebecca Haag as its new chair at a meeting last month.
Gov. Maura Healey visited the Vineyard on Monday to tour a new housing complex for Martha’s Vineyard Hospital employees and check in on the Island’s health care needs.
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital will not renew the lease for the Red House when it ends next spring, leaving the Island’s only peer recovery center searching for a new home.
About a mile west of the post office on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, a new neighborhood is taking shape with a $68 million nursing home at its heart.
Officials couldn't say how many jobs would be cut, or if any Martha's Vineyard Hospital jobs would be lost.