Brown Health was mulling closing Newport’s birth center, but the proposal drew fierce opposition from residents and Newport’s ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Brown Health officials will keep the birthing center open at Newport Hospital, Target 12 has learned, ...

Community members will rally tonight to oppose the potential closure of the only labor and delivery unit on Aquidneck Island.

Community members will still rally tonight to support the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center at Newport Hospital, even ...

While concerns exist about potential cuts, Newport Hospital states that final budget decisions haven't been made. Councilors, driven by constituent concerns, are sponsoring a resolution advocating for ...

Standing room only in Newport, and a standing ovation for those and other comments in a notable show of support for keeping the Newport Hospital birthing center open.

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Nearly 500 babies were born at Newport Hospital in the 2024 fiscal year, but City Councilor Xay Khamsyvoravong is worried about where families on Aquidneck Island would go ...

Mother after mother came forward at the meeting, sharing stories of the care and support they experienced while at Newport Hospital’s birthing center.

Amid local concerns that cuts will be made to Newport Hospital ’s birthing center, the Newport City Council has scheduled a special meeting for July 15 to discuss a resolution advocating for the ...

Brown University Health plans to keep open the birthing center at Newport Hospital — at least for now. The Noreen Stoner ...

Brown University Health officials said Tuesday that the Newport Hospital birthing center will remain open. According to an ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WLNE) — Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee has announced the birthing center at Newport Hospital will not be cut. Advocates had been rallying in recent days to save the facility after ...