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R.I. hospitals to resume elective surgeries
PROVIDENCE - Hospitals across the state on Monday once again began scheduling some elective surgical procedures.
Lifespan Corp., the state's largest hospital group, is now...
A side effect of the pandemic: Emptier emergency rooms
Dr. Laura Forman, chief of emergency medicine at Kent County Memorial Hospital, is used to seeing about 200 patients a day come through the...
Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation provides 150K surgical masks
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation has distributed more than 150,000 surgical masks to those on the front lines of...
Lifespan loses $23.8M from COVID-19 in March, predicts $100M loss by...
PROVIDENCE - Lifespan Corp. has reported an operating loss of $23.8 million for the month of March, an amount that equals the state’s largest...
Brown contributes lab supplies, protective equipment to medical providers
PROVIDENCE – Brown University is donating more than 4,000 N95 masks, as well as an array of gloves, gowns, face shields and additional items...
Many local factories transform to meet needs of pandemic fight
Matouk Luxury Linens is known for exquisite bedding, an elegant product aimed at Americans who shop in department stores for towels, sheets and pillowcases.
That...
Pot au Feu, Knead Doughnuts sustain damage from trash compactor fire
PROVIDENCE – Firefighters were called to Custom House Street around 4:30 a.m. on April 7 and extinguished a fire there that impacted two businesses,...
R.I. KIDS COUNT: Annual Factbook shows slight increase in child poverty,...
PROVIDENCE – After back-to-back years of decreases in the amount of children living in poverty, Rhode Island saw a slight increase in 2018, Rhode...
Coronavirus preparations at R.I. hospitals kick into high gear
Normally more than 90% full, Rhode Island Hospital’s occupancy rate in late March dipped to about 75%. The 247-bed The Miriam Hospital had more...
Some R.I. employers on hiring spree
Stifled as it is by the coronavirus pandemic, Rhode Island’s economy still has a pulse with some employers hiring while others are laying off...
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