Rhode Island Hospital
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| Rhode Island Hospital | |
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| Rhode Island Hospital at the turn of the 20th century | |
| Location | |
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| Place | Providence Rhode Island, (? country) |
| Organisation | |
| Care System | Private |
| Hospital Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated University | Brown University |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | Unknown |
| Beds | 719 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1863 |
| Links | |
| Website | Homepage |
| See also | |
Rhode Island Hospital is a private, not-for-profit hospital located in Providence, Rhode Island.
It is a 719-bed acute care teaching hospital and was founed in 1863. Local philanthropist and trustee, Henry J. Steere was instrumental in founding and funding the early hospital. The hospital was the first in the region and third in the nation to have an EKG machine in 1915.[1]
The hospital is the largest of the state's general acute care hospitals, and provides comprehensive health services for both adults and children. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the Brown Medical School.
The Rhode Island Hospital provides comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services to inpatients and outpatients, with particular expertise in cardiology, oncology, neurosciences and orthopedics, as well as pediatrics at its Hasbro Children's Hospital. It is designated as the Level I Trauma Center for southeastern New England and provides expert staff and equipment in emergency situations 24 hours a day.
[edit] Controversies
In 2007 Rhode Island Hospital surgeons operated on the incorrect side of a patient's head on three separate patients during three separate brain surgeries. The incidents occurred in January, July and November. Critics blame failure to use "universal protocol," and the nurses failure to speak up to the surgeons for the errors.[2]
