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For the third time in four years, Waterbury Hospital has formally applied to the state to be bought by a for-profit company.

Waterbury Hospital is one of the state’s top regional hospitals, according to a recent national report.

The latest company interested in buying Waterbury Hospital employs a data-driven health care system intended to coordinate patient care across different needs and medical venues.

Forum attendees see financial advantages to selling hospital

Here’s a glance at major milestones over Waterbury Hospital’s 125-year history, from its humble beginnings to the present 360,000-square-foot facility it is today, with 176 staffed beds and about 2,000 employees.

For the past 125 years, Waterbury Hospital has provided care to the region’s sick and injured. As a way to mark that milestone and thank the community for decades of support, the acute-care hospital on Thursday held a community picnic and flag-raising ceremony with hospital officials and local dignitaries.

Waterbury Hospital’s 2015 Summer Bridge Program provided mostly inner-city students an opportunity to learn while exploring potential career options and having fun along the way.

Angela Holmes calls herself a survivor. Most everyone else calls her “Mom.” That’s because a decade ago, a domestic violence issue forced her and her child to seek help from social service agencies; and now, Holmes returns the favor by helping as many kids and parents to succeed as she can.

Hospital Director of Pastoral Care Deacon Neil Culhane and Deacon Carl Vecca hosted the event, which commemorated the Feast of St. Francis, the patron saint of animals and the environment.