Mass General Brigham began its second round of layoffs this week, following an initial wave of job cuts in mid-February.

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.

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 giant, one of the state's top employers, “is acting now” to close the $250 million budget gap over the next two years.

Doctors say they don't know who will run clinical departments and who will be axed, and many feel that the parent company is making decisions without consulting them or considering patients’ best interests.

Last month, the health system announced it would cut management and administrative positions to reduce redundancies and improve efficiency.

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

MGB says its "strategic organizational redesign," which primarily involves cutting management and administrative positions, comes as the system grapples with a projected $250 million budget gap over the next two years.