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Butler Hospital workers return to work after monthslong strike

PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital workers recently announced they are returning to work after the end of a monthslong strike. On Aug. 18, Butler Hospital and...

Butler Hospital temporarily closes 2 psychiatric units amid ongoing staff strike

PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital has temporarily closed two psychiatric units – totaling more than 40 beds – due to the ongoing strike that began...

CNE awarded 3 Lamplighter Awards for marketing, public relations, social media

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System recently announced its marketing department was awarded three Lamplighter Awards for Excellence in several categories at the...

Butler unionized workers plan strike for May 15 

PROVIDENCE – Hundreds of employees at Butler Hospital are planning to go on an “open-ended” strike beginning May 15. Members of Service Employees International Union...
HOUSE CALL: Dr. Tyler Weisberger, left, who works for Kent County Memorial Hospital’s Hospital at Home program, examines Doris Witt at her Warwick home. Witt was admitted to Kent in early March after experiencing symptoms from her congestive heart failure. The Hospital at Home program allowed her to be discharged early but still receive hospital-level care. 
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Hospitals see benefits to bringing care home

When 90-year-old Doris Witt was taken to the hospital a few weeks ago because she was having trouble breathing, the elderly Warwick resident wasn’t...

Care New England resident physicians vote to unionize

PROVIDENCE – Leaders of hundreds of resident and fellow physicians at Care New England Health System voted to unionize Wednesday. About 230 resident and fellow...

Department of Labor recovers $1.9M for 853 Care New England workers...

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Department of Labor announced Friday it recovered $1.9 million in back wages and damages for hundreds of health care workers...

Union wants more training, staff at Women & Infants after it...

PROVIDENCE – Members of the Service Employees International Union 1199 New England recently held an informational picket demanding management at Women & Infants Hospital...
A STORE FOR BREASTFEEDING MOMS on the first floor of Women & Infants Hospital in Providence recently closed. Care New England Health System confirmed the store is closed and said it's now "reconfiguring" the store space, without offering additional details. / COURTESY WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL

Nursing Moms Etc. closes at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence

PROVIDENCE – A unique gift shop known as Nursing Moms Etc., offering the essentials for new mothers including breastfeeding equipment, recently closed down at...
CLIMBING THE LADDER: Mary Marran first began working at Butler Hospital in 1984 as a student. More than three decades later, she rose through the ranks to become just the second female president in the hospital’s history. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Butler Hospital’s Marran solves problems to keep community healthy

Business Women Awards 2022 Industry Leader Health Care Services Mary Marran, Butler Hospital Mary Marran, president of Providence-based Butler Hospital, calls herself a problem-solver by nature. That...
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