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class=\"embed__video-duration\">00:45<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The CEO of a hospital operator <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/steward-health-care-bankruptcy\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">that filed for bankruptcy<\/a><\/span> protection in May will step down after failing to testify before a U.S. Senate panel.<\/p>\n<p>Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre has overseen a network of some 30 hospitals around the country. The Texas-based company&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-vista-medical-center-closure-investors-role-san-antonio-hospital-under-scrutiny\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">troubled recent history<\/a><\/span> has drawn scrutiny from elected officials in New England, where some of its hospitals are located.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for de la Torre told CBS News in a statement Saturday that he &#8220;has amicably separated from Steward on mutually agreeable terms&#8221; and &#8220;will continue to be a tireless advocate for the improvement of reimbursement rates for the underprivileged patient population.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The spokesperson added that de la Torre &#8220;believes Steward&#8217;s financial challenges put a much-needed spotlight on Massachusetts&#8217;s ongoing failure to fix its healthcare structure and the inequities in its state system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/hospitals-in-peril-private-equity-health-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News investigation<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that spanned nearly two years documented how private equity investors and de la Torre extracted hundreds of millions of dollars while healthcare workers and patients struggled to get the life-saving supplies they needed. <\/p>\n<p>In August, the company\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/carney-hospital-nashoba-valley-medical-center-closing-steward\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">closed two Massachusetts hospitals<\/a><\/span>, leaving about 1,200 workers jobless, according to the state. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said earlier this month that Congress &#8220;will hold Dr. de la Torre accountable for his greed and for the damage he has caused to hospitals and patients throughout America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following news of the resignation, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts tweeted that &#8220;Massachusetts communities are finally free from Ralph&#8217;s destructive reign, but he&#8217;s not off the hook yet \u2014 the authorities still must prosecute his contempt charge and investigate him for other possible crimes he may have committed as Steward&#8217;s CEO.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security,\u00a0 also said in a statement Saturday that de la Torre&#8217;s resignation is not enough, and must be held accountable in the court of law.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has extracted hundreds of millions from emergency departments, operating rooms, and intensive care units to buy luxury property, expensive vacations, and yachts, all while patients suffered and died and workers and hospitals went unresourced,&#8221; Markey wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>De la Torre&#8217;s resignation is effective Oct. 1. 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