Mark Russo, JD, who is overseeing the hospital’s receivership process, told The Day that the hospital’s birth services will last “at least up and until June 1.”
Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn., will be the new owner of The Westerly Hospital after submitting an offer of $69 million. However, L&M officials are still awaiting regulatory approval from the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office.
Mr. Russo said he will work with L+M during the transition “to present a plan for continuing women’s health services at The Westerly Hospital after the mastership concludes its operation,” according to the report. The hospital manages roughly 300 births per year.
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