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Another chief medical officer for the state-run Eleanor Slater Hospital has resigned less than a year after being hired.

Their allegation in large part echoed Dr. Normand Decelles's testimony to the House Oversight Committee last week about the impetus for the latest in a string of physician resignations at the Zambarano hospital. Decelles, the recently retired physician administrator/medical director at Zambarano, told the lawmakers that Dr. Bette Jean Gillerin's resignation, after 24 years at the hospital, followed a "contentious conversation" she had the night before with Stone, the chief of medical services at Eleanor Slater Hospital.  "How shall I say [it]? Dr. Stone attempted to persuade Dr. Gil...

Proposed R.I. budget would legalize marijuana, extend car tax phaseout The proposal also calls for restructuring the state-run Eleanor Slater Hospital By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated March 11, 2021, 4:00 p.m. Email to a Friend Governor Daniel J. McKee delivers inaugural address on the steps of the State House.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff PROVIDENCE — In his first budget proposal, Governor Dan J. McKee on Thursday outlined an $11.17-billion spending plan that would legalize marijuana, take the next step in the car-tax phaseout, and restructure the state’s Eleanor Slater Hospi...

Local legislators are also calling for oversight of the state run hospital. Though this investigation began more than a month ago, it was announced just this week following an open letter written by the former medical director at the Zambarano Unit in Burrillville, Dr. Normand Decelles Jr. It alleges that the state is discharging patients who shouldn’t be discharged to save money. According to the open letter, hospital administration wanted all patients in the Zambarno unit discharged by this past June, adding that they’d restricted all admissions beginning last February. The hospital is ...