PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A nurses union is calling on Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee and the state HHS department to stay out of a pending deal to keep three local healthcare facilities open.

United Nurses and Allied Professionals are working on an agreement with Centurion to prevent the closure of Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, Roger Williams Medical Center and Prospect Home Health and Hospice.

The union will hold a press conference Tuesday at 3 p.m. in front of Our Lady of Fatima Hospital to address the deal, which is still being processed in a bankruptcy court.

According to the union, McKee and HHS Secretary Richard Charest are “unlawfully interfering with the Centurion deal.”

The union also claims that the company Prime has sent emails with quotes from Charest “that intentionally m

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