Tag: Dr. Utpala Bandy
Larkin nominated as R.I. health director
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Jerome M. Larkin, director of inpatient infectious diseases consultation services at Rhode Island Hospital, has been nominated to be the new...
McKee’s proposed cabinet raises include 43% boost for health director
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Administration on Tuesday held a brief public hearing on proposed salary increases for a dozen members of Gov....
McKee calls for salary flexibility to help fill state health director...
Dr. Jim McDonald’s skillful explanations of complicated public health topics during the COVID-19 pandemic – showing how the virus spreads with a jar of...
Neronha, RIDOH move forward with Centurion’s proposed purchase of CharterCARE
PROVIDENCE – After getting delayed twice because of incomplete applications, The Centurion Foundation’s attempt to purchase CharterCARE Health Partners from Prospect Medical Holdings is...
RIDOH launches enhanced, daily overdose surveillance system
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health has activated an enhanced system to track nonfatal overdoses throughout the state daily and to alert community...
Licenses revoked from nursing assistant convicted of stealing from patients
WEST WARWICK – A nursing assistant who was convicted of stealing from memory loss patients at the Spring Villa Memory Care Assisted Living Facility...
Free skin screenings being offered at some R.I. beaches
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health, Brown Dermatology and other partners will be conducting free skin cancer screenings at some Rhode Island parks...
Neronha sues manufacturers of ‘forever chemicals’
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced Thursday that he has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of “forever chemicals,” most commonly...
Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center placed into receivership
PAWTUCKET – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and R.I. Department of Health Interim Director Utpala Bandy announced on Monday that the Pawtucket Falls...
R.I. leaders address staffing concerns and overcrowding in emergency rooms
PROVIDENCE – As hospitals continue to grapple with a spike in respiratory viruses and overcrowded emergency rooms, state health officials and hospital leaders are...
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