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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The former CEO of a Rhode Island hospital who has been consulting with the state's behavioral health department has been nominated to lead the agency. On Wednesday, Gov. Dan McKee nominated Richard Charest, the former president and CEO of Landmark Medical Center, to head the state's Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, the Providence Journal reported. Charest has been consulting...

May 27, 2021 (Providence, RI) -- A former hospital head is being picked to become the new director of the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals. Governor Dan McKee has nominated Richard Charest, the former president and CEO of Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket. The pick must be confirmed by the state Senate. The change in leadership comes as the department which runs the state hospital has been caught up in controversy over a proposed downsizing plan for the facility. The state is currently reviewing the quality of patient care at...

The former CEO of Landmark Medical Center will take over the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals if approved by the state Senate.

PROVIDENCE — Gov. Dan McKee has appointed Richard Charest, the former president and CEO of Landmark Medical Center, to head the troubled agency that runs the state's "last resort" hospital for patients with severe medical and psychiatric disorders. McKee will submit Charest's name to the Senate for confirmation as the new director of the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals. “We are confident that Richard’s decades of experience in the health care field have prepared him to lead this department which provides vital services and support to some...

Read Article LEWISTON — A judge ordered Friday that an 11-year-old Auburn girl charged with attempted murder in her father’s stabbing this week will be evaluated for competency and will remain in state custody. The girl, dressed in a brown sweatshirt over a pink-collared shirt, her hair closely cropped, appeared in 8th District Court by videoconference from Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, where she’s been held since Wednesday. Police said she stabbed her father in the chest and stomach Wednesday morning at their Winter Street home in Auburn. He was treated at a l...