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Negative tests in R.I.: 2,818,859 (21,425 reported Friday, 2.0% positive rate)
R.I. COVID-related deaths: 2,502 (6 reported Friday)
Rhode Islanders hospitalized with COVID: 168 (34 in intensive care)
Fully vaccinated in R.I.: 67,669 (168,517 first doses administered)
Cases in Mass.: 575,993
Mass. COVID-related deaths: 15,978
Cases in U.S.: 28,461,935
U.S. COVID-related deaths: 509,734
PROVIDENCE Having admitted and discharged 516 COVID-19 patients since it opened on Dec. 1, the field hospital that Lifespan operated at the Rhode Island Convention Center closed Wednesday, two days earlier than planned.
But operations have only been suspended, not terminated, two Lifespan leaders said in a virtual interview Friday.
“We basically ceased patient-care operations on Wednesday; however, we re in a warm state of readiness, ready and available to step up again if we re needed,” said Cathy E. Duquette, administrative director of the Lifespan Alternative Hospital, the field
5 things patients should know about the Lifespan-Care New England hospital merger
Will it improve the quality of care in Rhode Island? How will it affect cost or health insurance premiums?
By Alexa Gagosz and Brian Amaral Globe Staff,Updated February 24, 2021, 7:49 p.m.
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Lifespan s Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.Lane Turner/Globe Staff
PROVIDENCE â Two health care systems own 80 percent of the hospital beds in Rhode Island. Theyâve endured similar financial pressures and duplicated some care. And now, they are looking to merge to become a single integrated health system with Brown Universityâs Warren Alpert Medical School.
“Children and adolescents are experiencing a prolonged state of physical isolation from their peers, teachers, extended families, and community networks,” the authors wrote. “Duration of quarantine, fear of infection, boredom, frustration, lack of necessary supplies, lack of information, financial loss, and stigma appear to increase the risk of negative psychological outcomes.
“Social distancing and school closures may therefore increase mental health problems in children and adolescents, already at higher risk of developing mental health problems compared to adults at a time when they are also experiencing anxiety over a health threat and threats to family employment/income.”
In an email, Rhode Island Health Department spokesman Joseph Wendelken said his office has “not observed an increase in the number of suicides to date” but the proportion of emergency-department visits among Rhode Islanders age 10 to 17 “relating to suicidal thoughts and actions was approxim
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By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated February 24, 2021, 10:03 a.m.
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Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signs an executive order on Feb. 22, 2021, directing state departments to cooperate with Lieutenant Governor Dan McKee in his efforts to develop the state s budget for the upcoming fiscal year.Photo Courtesy of the Office of the Governor of Rhode Island/Handout
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