KINGSTON â At the Care New England Field Hospital in Cranston, healthcare professionals are putting themselves on the frontlines of the pandemic in order to deliver lifesaving care.Â
Several of these brave individuals are coming from the University of Rhode Islandâs College of Pharmacy. All of them, both professors and students alike, have voluntarily stepped up to the plate.
âSeeing these people step up â not just pharmacy but nursing, physicians, everybody â everybody is rowing this boat in the right direction,â said URI Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Todd Brothers. âWe all work as a cohesive group and decide how to get things done promptly. Itâs invigorating to be part of this.â
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