Posts Tagged ‘ri dept of health’
Little Compton, Newport, Scituate public water systems to address PFAs, drinking water quality
RIDOH and RIIB Award Funding to Three Public Water Systems to Address PFAS and Other Emerging Drinking Water Contaminants The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH)’s Center for Drinking Water Quality and Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank (RIIB) have awarded grant funding to three public water systems in disadvantaged or small communities (serving less than 10,000…
Read MoreTridemic now a Quademic – RI Health officials respond to hospital ER crisis
Hospital and State Leaders Call on Rhode Islanders to Seek Medical Care in the Right Place New healthcare staffing regulation aimed at supporting hospitals and other facilities With behavioral health issues being added to flu, COVID and RSV, the “tridemic” is now seen as a “quademic” in Rhode Island. With several respiratory viruses currently circulating…
Read MoreVisiting loved ones in hospitals/care facilities easier – not uniform
In what was a bit of a surprise, the RI Department of Health briefing on Thursday including a loosening of hospital and nursing home visitation. As much as it was a surprise to the general public, it also took the two major hospital groups by surprise as their website policies haven’t been completely updated, to…
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