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January 17, 2008

AG Lynch addresses hospital merger

Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch is talking about the proposed merger between hospital groups Lifespan and Care New England this morning.

Lynch is addressing the executive board of the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce.

The proposed merger would produce a seven-hospital corporation controlling two-thirds of hospital services in Rhode Island.

The merger needs approval from Lynch and Dr. David Gifford, director of the state Department of Health.

Lynch plans to discuss the review process and responsibilities that must be fulfilled before the merger can be approved.

The address is scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. at 3288 Post Road, Warwick.

If approved, the merger would bring together five of the hospitals affiliated with Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital, Miriam Hospital, Butler Hospital, Bradley Hospital and Women & Infants Hospital. It would also include Newport Hospital and Kent Hospital, in Warwick, which are not teaching hospitals.

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