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There were 28 COVID-positive patients at the state-run hospital as of Thursday morning, the state says.

• Reports of threatening behavior, bullying, and retaliation must be reviewed • Concerns about a culture of safety need to be addressed • Direct service staff are committed to ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of its patients The report comes after McKee announced this week that Brian Daly, M.D., Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Eleanor Slater Hospital, has resigned effective July 31, 2021. McKee also announced Jennifer White, Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH)) CFO and former Interim-CEO of Eleanor Slater Hospital ...

McKee administration puts hold on plans for major changes at Eleanor Slater Hospital The state was pursuing plans to close the hospital facility at Zambarano and build a new skilled nursing facility there at a cost of $65 million. By Brian Amaral Globe Staff,Updated April 16, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Eleanor Slater Hospital in Cranston, R.I, on Feb. 21, 2021.DAVID DEGNER/NYT PROVIDENCE — Governor Dan McKee’s administration is putting a hold on plans to dramatically reshape the state-run hospital for people with complex medical and psychiatric needs. His office said Execut...

CRANSTON — The continuing discharges of Eleanor Slater Hospital patients, many to circumstances relatives and guardians describe as inadequate for their needs, is drawing mounting criticism from disability and mental-health advocates — and highlighting, yet again, long-standing deficiencies in a state system that decades ago was hailed as a national leader. “The state has not invested in the full continuum of behavioral health care, and we are left with a dilapidated, broken, insufficient system,” Laurie-Marie Pisciotta, executive director of the Mental Health Association of Rhode Is...

Doctors at RI state hospital allege 'unethical' pressure by Raimondo administration Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal © David DelPoio Zambarano Hospital in Burrillville, where Dr. Michele Paquet, resigning in frustration, says the state's determined discharge of patients has transformed "what had been a vibrant and healthy environment ... into one of frustration and disrepair." PROVIDENCE — In a development rarely seen, doctors past and present at the state hospital are speaking out against the former Raimondo administration's "unethical'' moves to save money by k...