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Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for June 7, 2024
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She was a single mom, alone at hospital with her son. Then a familiar face appeared
In 2006, Patricia Nieshoff’s three-year-old son had a seizure. She was a single mother, with no one to accompany her to the hospital. But an hour into her hospital stay, a familiar face appeared.
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U.S. medical volunteers in Rafah hospital say they’ve never seen a worse health crisis
Because of the Israeli operation, hospitals lack basic supplies. And doctors must face the heartbreaking decision whether to let one patient die so they can use available resources to save another.
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Police track down escaped Idaho prison gang member and his accomplice
Police arrested two white supremacist gang members — an Idaho prison inmate and the accomplice who helped him escape — following an attack on corrections officers at a Boise hospital.
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The Centurion Foundation’s purchase of Roger Williams and Fatima hospitals would rely on bond funding
Unionized employees turned out in force at a public hearing Tuesday to oppose the proposed sale of two Rhode Island community hospitals by Prospect Medical Holdings to an Atlanta-based nonprofit. Nurses, lab technicians, social workers and other staff of Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence filled […]
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Public hearings set on proposed sale of Rhode Island’s CharterCARE hospitals
The Rhode Island Health Department and Office of Attorney General have scheduled public hearings next month on the proposed sale of the state’s third-largest hospital group. The Centurion Foundation, an Atlanta-based nonprofit, wants to buy CharterCARE Health Partners, currently owned by Prospect Medical Holdings of California. CharterCARE operates Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence and […]
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Georgia foundation’s application to buy two Rhode Island hospitals made public
The application by the Centurion Foundation, an Atlanta-based nonprofit, to buy two Rhode Island hospitals was made public Monday by the state Department of Health and the Office of Attorney General. As part of a public comment period, the two state agencies plan to stage two public meetings on the proposed acquisition and they are […]
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Rhode Island’s top health official: No more mask mandates, just recommendations
Rhode Island this week reported the highest rate of new COVID-19 cases in the country, according to The New York Times. Driven by the rise of the more contagious Omicron subvariant, known as BA.2, the average daily increase in new COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island during the last two weeks has more than doubled, although […]
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RI’s CharterCare hospitals performed elective surgeries while turning away patients from their ERs
During this winter’s COVID-19 surge, hospitals across Rhode Island and Massachusetts suspended all but the most urgent surgeries to free up staff and beds to care for the influx of patients. But not CharterCare Health Partners, which operates Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and Roger Williams Medical Center. Even when their emergency departments were so […]