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Employees say they have stayed informed aboutthe merger mostly from newspaper accounts, insteadof from the hospitals in which they work...
Hospital staff said in interviews yesterdaythey thought the part of the merger mostattractive to the administration was its potentialto save money...
...Beth Israel Hospital, which along withChildren's and the Deaconess may eventually jointhe conglomeration, electrical staff worker DavidFitzgerald says the merger may serve the good ofthe communities, but not the employees...
Apart from employee concerns about their jobs,there is also the possibility that the merger maycause the loss of some top physicians who may besqueezed out of their departments...
...merger of all the hospitals would definitelymake them more efficient and cut costs," says Dr.Daveed Frazier of Beth Israel. "Right now, Bostonhas one of the biggest concentrations of topdoctors in the country and a merger might causethe loss of top talent. From an academic and acare-provided point of view, the result of amerger won't be as good...