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The departure of several doctors, and the death of a temporary employee at the hospital over Labor Day weekend, has raised red flags for advocates.
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...
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 ...