Sharon Hospital owner agrees to keep CT maternity unit open as part of merger with New York system

In exchange for approval of its merger with a New York health system, Sharon Hospital’s owner agreed to keep its embattled maternity unit open for at least five more years, Attorney General William Tong announced on Monday.

Tong announced a deal with Sharon Hospital’s owner, Danbury-based Nuvance Health, and Northwell Healthcare of New Hyde Park, New York, “resolving the antitrust investigation into the proposed affiliation between the two hospital systems,” according to a statement.