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Senate President Dominick Ruggerio introduced 25 health care bills on Tuesday, Mach 5, 2024. Health care remains a top priority for the Senate President in 2025.
Resolved to persevere
PROVIDENCE — The recent health challenges faced by Sen. President Dominick Ruggerio have helped to sharpen his focus on improving the critical condition that the health care delivery system in … more
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The work of in-house physical therapist Jessica Rosa at Briarcliffe Manor is focused on helping patients regain their balance to recover from chronic health conditions.
The art of healing
JOHNSTON — As someone who has benefited from physical therapy on an outpatient basis for five years, it has been a revelation to engage with a physical therapist who works for Briarcliffe … more
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When caregivers speak out: The first of two public hearings was held on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, on the proposed purchase of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima hospitals by the Atlanta-based Centurion Foundation. A staff member and union member testifies in opposition to the sale, as Attorney General Peter Neronha and AG legal staff member Julia Harvey listen, as does The Public Radio's Lynn Arditi, kneeling. The sale with state-imposed conditions was recently approved by a bankruptcy court in Houston
To tell the truth
JOHNSTON — Senate President Dominick Ruggerio was hospitalized last week with pneumonia. He then entered short-term rehab to speed his recovery.   The hospital emergency rooms in … more
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In photo from a story published 10 years ago, on Aug. 3, 2015, “The clear and present danger of lead poisoning” which detailed the historic jury verdict finding a landlord guilty of negligence, Amie Jordan and her daughter, Rowan, at Hasbro Children's Hospital, after Rowan was diagnosed with lead poisoning at a 49 microgram per deciliter level in her blood, about 10 times the limit recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The lead poisoning has been allegedly linked to high levels of lead in the home where Rowan and her parents live in Coventry.
Keeping the lead out
PROVIDENCE— Some 20 years after the state enacted laws to protect children and families from lead poisoning, the R.I. Department of Health has finally been able to move ahead with a published … more
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A tattoo on the arm of Mariana Velez, one of the excellent caregivers I encountered in my journey through the health care delivery system in Rhode Island.
‘Loving the universe’
JOHNSTON—  After nearly two weeks of wearing a catheter foli, installed on Thursday, Jan. 30, the foli was removed this morning (Tuesday, Feb. 11,)  at 7 a.m. , with the admonition … more
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The patient's bleak view of care at the Miriam Hospital.
Letter from Miriam
PROVIDENCE — I am currently ensconced at Miriam Hospital, having been admitted on Thursday, Feb. 6, after a harrowing night at the Miriam ER. There were no rooms available, and so I was place … more
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