The board at the Boston-area Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center should do “some soul-searching” about retaining Paul Levy as chief executive officer after he admitted to having had a longtime personal relationship with a female subordinate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley told The Boston Globe.
A four-month probe by Ms. Coakley’s office found no evidence that Beth Israel misused charitable funds in paying wages, expenses, or severance for the woman, who left the hospital last fall. But the agency concluded that the relationship “clearly endangered the reputation of the institution and its management.”
The hospital’s board fined Mr. Levy $50,000 and issued a statement expressing its disapproval. But Stephen Kay, the board’s chairman, rejected assertions that Mr. Levy is no longer fit for the post, saying that “the best thing for the Beth Israel is to have Paul Levy lead the institution.”
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One Response to Mass. Attorney General Urges Hospital to Reconsider CEO Decision
81018728 - September 2, 2010 at 4:48 pm
What ARROGANCE on the part of the AG. She found no wrongdoing, and that should end the matter. Another example of how the State is becoming the enemy of the people.