Tony Francis

New reports from the receiver at the Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center cast doubt on the center’s ability to continue long-term operations in its current form.

Leadership at the Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center filed a civil suit against its former administrator, alleging he took millions of dollars from the center, putting it at risk of closure.

Supporters of the historic Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center celebrated last week as a court-appointed receiver announced plans to grapple with tangled finances and stabilize workplace management at the Mission Hill nursing home.

A Suffolk County Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday to put the Edgar Benjamin Healthcare Center into receivership after community members took matters into their own hands in an attempt to stop the center’s pending closure.