Mass General Brigham, the largest health care system in Massachusetts, announced layoffs Monday that will affect hundreds of workers, citing a $250 million projected budget gap. The layoffs will be "focused on non-clinical and non-patient facing roles,

Mass. General Brigham is planning to lay off hundreds of employees over the next two months as part of a broader restructuring effort to address a significant budget deficit.

Mass General Brigham attributed the layoffs to an expected budget shortfall of $250 billion over the next two years.

Facing rising costs and hoping to make its sprawling network more efficient, the state’s largest private employer aims to cut payroll costs by over $200 million.

Mass General Brigham announced mass layoffs aimed to bridge a $250 million budget gap projected over the next two years in a letter to employees Monday -- meaning potentially hundreds of firings may be quickly coming down the line.