The union representing roughly 2,500 nurses and other health care workers at Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital on Tuesday voted to authorize a strike, though the union stopped short of filing the mandatory 10-day strike notice. The United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098 has been negotiating with the hospitals’ operator, Brown University […]
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Crowd protests ICE activity outside Rhode Island Hospital
A crowd of about 85 protesters gathered outside Rhode Island Hospital on Thursday afternoon in response to an alert, sent out by local activists, that federal agents tased a person they were trying to apprehend. The alert said the detainee had been taken to the hospital for their injuries. According to Providence Mayor Brett Smiley’s […]
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Lawyers for R.I. doctor allege she was deported despite federal court order
The family of a Brown Medicine doctor is alleging that U.S. Customs and Border Protection removed her from the country despite a federal judge ordering CBP to provide the court 48 hours notice. Dr. Rasha Alawieh held a valid H-1B temporary visa in her passport when she arrived in Boston on Thursday morning after visiting […]
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Lifespan will change its name to Brown University Health
Rhode Island’s largest hospital system is changing its name. Lifespan Health System, which operates Rhode Island Hospital, the principal teaching hospital for The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, will be renamed Brown University Health, the two nonprofits said in a joint statement released Thursday. The rebranding is part of expanded partnership agreements between […]
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A place to use illegal drugs under medical supervision near Rhode Island Hospital
Two Rhode Island nonprofits announced Wednesday the location of the country’s first state-regulated center where people can use illegal drugs under medical supervision. Project Weber/RENEW, a peer-led harm reduction and recovery group, and its partner, the clinical services provider VICTA, plan to open the “overdose prevention center” next to the campus of Rhode Island Hospital, […]
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Six RI Pharmacies Will Now Offer Opioid Care
The pharmacies are partnering with Rhode Island Hospital, which received $1.6 million to fund a new study.
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Brown U., Rhode Island Hospital Launch Study On Overdose Prevention Program
A new study will measure the effectiveness of peer counseling for preventing opioid overdoses
