THE PSYCHIATRIC unit inside of Eleanor Slater Hospital will now be operating as a standalone psychiatric hospital under the name of Rhode Island State Psychiatric Hospital, announced Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND HOSPITALS
CRANSTON – The psychiatric facility within Eleanor Slater Hospital will now be operating as a standalone psychiatric hospital, announced Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday. The 52-bed forensic psychiatric unit in the Roosevelt Benton facility received a new license to operate independently under the name of Rhode Island State Psychiatric Hospital, a separation which will…