April 30, 2021 4:15 pm
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – Lifespan is now offering COVID-19 vaccinations to patients seeking treatment for other illnesses or injuries in each of its emergency departments.
In coordination with Rhode Island Department of Health, Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Newport Hospital are offering the vaccine to qualifying emergency patients at discharge between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and approximately 11 p.m.; Hasbro Children’s Hospital is able to do the same for those 18 and older.
“While a large number of people have gotten vaccinated, we still are not near the 70-80% that we need to get to really make this disease go away,” Dr. Jay Schuur, Chief of Emergency Medicine for Lifespan said. “Every day in the emergency department we’re seeing patients who still are getting COVID.”
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It s worth noting the hospitals were graded during a time of extraordinary pressure on the health care system due to the coronavirus pandemic. This pandemic emphasized how much we rely on America s health care workforce, Leapfrog Group President and CEO Leah Binder said in a news release. Our straight A hospitals remind us how preparedness protected their patients as well as their workforce and created a high level of organizational resilience.
Across all states, highlights of findings from the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade include:
Thirty-three percent of hospitals received an A, 24 percent received a B, 35 percent received a C, 7 percent received a D, and less than 1 percent received an F.
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Daniel J. Curran, 28, of Warwick, passed away on April 22, 2021, at Newport Hospital, Newport.
Born in Providence, he was the son of Daniel and Kathie (Joubert) Curran. Daniel worked security at the Naval War College and served as the Vice President for the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) International Brotherhood of Police Officer (IBPO) Local Lodge (620);
Daniel was a decorated Veteran of the United States Army and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2013. He was awarded the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two Campaign Stars and a Combat Action Badge. He also earned three Army Achievement Medals and numerous unit and personal awards.
Newport Museum Urged to Fix Big Lie Exhibition on Gay Man s Death
The Newport Restoration Foundation s Rough Point Museum is accused of misrepresenting founder Doris Duke s killing of Eduardo Tirella. April 26 2021 8:45 PM EDT
The author of a book with compelling evidence that billionaire heiress Doris Duke murdered a gay man, Eduardo Tirella, is demanding that the Newport Restoration Foundation remove an exhibit claiming otherwise.
Peter Lance, writer of
Homicide at Rough Point, sent a copy of his book Monday to Mark Thompson, the foundation s executive director. An accompanying letter says a wall-sized placard at the Rough Point Museum in Newport, R.I., titled “The Accident at the Rough Point Gate perpetuates the big lie that Tirella s killing was unintentional.