Concerns over future of health care on Aquidneck Island

I read with interest two articles recently published regarding the panel discussions for the future of the Newport Hospital Birthing Center.

My concern is that as long as Brown University Health has a large financial obligation to pay off the loans that they acquired when they purchased Lifespan, the Birthing Center's existence will never be secure. Brown University Health is looking to reduce services that do not provide income to its business model.

A model that gave $3.3 million between 2023 and 2024 to the outgoing president of Lifespan on top of his $6.8 million severance package; and then announces the possible closure of the Birthing Center, another hospital's Mental Health service and the free dental clinic located on the R

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