BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro Memorial Hospital CEO Christopher Dougherty is on a leave of absence as state regulators express fears about the not-for-profit’s fiscal health.

“Stated as directly as possible, we are deeply concerned about BMH’s solvency,” the Green Mountain Care Board wrote in a recent budget decision . “We believe that its leadership must make big strides to adjust course.”

The 500-employee hospital named Dougherty as its chief executive officer in the spring of 2022. Two days after the state’s Oct. 1 report, the hospital announced internally that he was taking leave.

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