The bishops’ decision formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. They also approved a special message on immigration, expressing concern over enforcement and conditions in detention centers.
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Posted inHealth, Labor, Local
Staffing shortages, rise in workplace violence fueling strike at Butler Hospital
Andrew Kimball-Mirzaie had been working at Butler Hospital less than two months when he was attacked by a patient. At 30, Kimball-Mirzaie has the athletic build of someone who looks like he could defend himself if he had to. But he had no reason to think he might be in danger one afternoon in February […]
Posted inEnvironment, Possibly Podcast
How can hospitals cut their plastic waste?
Hospitals have to use a lot of single-use plastics to deliver care for patients. In today’s episode, we look at how one hospital is cutting down through their medical plastics recycling initiative.
Posted inLocal, Politics, TGIF
TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for July 5, 2024
If you think that news slows down around here in the summer, do not pass go and do not collect $200. You can follow me through the week on threads and what we used to call the twitters. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just sign up […]
Posted inLocal, Politics, TGIF
Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for June 7, 2024
A blessing to all who spend quality time in the sweltering RI House chamber for the budget vote. You can follow me through the week on threads and what we used to call the twitters. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just sign up right here. *** […]
Posted inNPR
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.
Posted inNPR
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.
Posted inNPR
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.
Posted inHealth, Local
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 […]
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local
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 […]
