The layoffs were slated to stem projected financial shortfalls and are occurring as part of an ongoing consolidation of the state's largest health care system.

The hospital giant, one of the state's top employers, said it is “acting now” to close its $250 million budget gap over the next two years. The post Mass General Brigham’s second round of major layoffs begins this week appeared first on Boston.

Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s parent organization, Boston-based Mass General Brigham, announced a second round of layoffs Monday. The cutbacks are aimed at closing a $250 million budget gap within the next two years at Mass General Brigham,

The hospital group is in the process of cutting hundreds of jobs as it works to address a $250 million budget shortfall.

The company says the decision to lay people off is necessary to enhance efficiency, reduce costs and support frontline clinicians.