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. Gillerin to transfer Zambarano patients to Cranston, 'for their safety,'" Decelles said. "She resigned on the spot effective April 14, 2021."