FALL RIVER — Steward Health Care filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection has led to uncertainty at the company’s 33 hospitals nationwide, including Saint Anne’s. 

The for-profit hospital chain employs more than 30,000 people nationally, 1,500 of them at Saint Anne’s. The hospital on South Main Street is a major medical center for patients across the SouthCoast, serving thousands from walk-ins at its emergency room to cancer patients at the Hudner Oncology Center.

But whether its services will continue long-term is a fluid situation as the matter proceeds through bankruptcy court. The Dallas-based chain is tens of millions of dollars in debt to over 100,000 creditors, including its landlord, Medical Properties Trust.  

Here’s what Saint Anne’s patients in Greater Fall River need to know:

Read more from Dan Medeiros at heraldnews.com.