Kent Hospital is a community teaching hospital located in

Warwick, Rhode Island Warwick ( or ) is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island, the third largest city in the state with a population of 82,823 at the 2020 census. It is located approximately south of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, southwest of Boston, Massachu ...

. It was a founding member of the Care New England in 1996, along with

Women & Infants Hospital Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island is a women and infants' hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. It is the primary teaching hospital in obstetrics, gynecology, and newborn pediatrics of the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. ...

and

Butler Hospital Butler Hospital is a private, non-profit, psychiatric and substance abuse hospital for adolescents, adults, and seniors, located at 345 Blackstone Boulevard in Providence, Rhode Island. The hospital is affiliated with the Warren Alpert Medical Sch ...

.Care New England. Providence, Rhode Island
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History

Kent Hospital was chartered by the State of

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...

in 1946, and was opened in 1951 with 90 beds. It was expanded in 1960, 1973, and 1981 in response to rapid community growth.Kent Hospital in Warwick, Rhode Island. wound recovery, Rehabilitation and physical therapy, diagnostic imaging
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and

to create the Care New England Health System in order to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in the communities they serve.

Current operations

Kent Hospital is the second-largest single site hospital in the state, and is located just 11 miles south of

Providence, RI Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Ba ...

. More than 2,300 employees, a medical staff of 600, a volunteer corp of 250 and 350 auxiliary members work in the hospital, which currently has 359 beds. The staff handles over 18,000 surgical procedures, 140,000 radiology procedures, and more than 1 million laboratory tests per year. The Emergency Services Department, the second busiest in the state, handles approximately 75,000 visits annually. The hospital offers specialty services such as a multidisciplinary Wound Recovery Center and a cancer program accredited by the American College of Surgeons. Kent Hospital employs innovative approaches to the recruitment and retention of nurses. Its unique collaboration program with

Salve Regina University Salve Regina University is a private Roman Catholic university in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It was founded in 1934 by the Sisters of Mercy and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. The university enrolls m ...

brings baccalaureate classes on-site for Kent nurses.

Alpert Medical School The Warren Alpert Medical School (formerly known as Brown Medical School, previously known as Brown University School of Medicine) is the medical school of Brown University, located in Providence, Rhode Island. Originally established in 1811, ...

of Brown University is the primary teaching affiliate. Kent is also a teaching affiliate of the

University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) is a private medical school in Biddeford, Maine. Founded in 1978, the college is part of the University of New England and grants two degrees: the Doctor of Osteopathic Medici ...

(located in

Biddeford, Maine Biddeford is a city in York County, Maine, United States. It is the principal commercial center of York County. Its population was 22,552 at the 2020 census. The twin cities of Saco and Biddeford include the resort communities of Biddeford Po ...

) and offers residency programs in emergency medicine, internal medicine and family practice. Additionally, they offer fellowships in gastroenterology and hyperbaric medicine. Paari Gopalakrishnan is president and Chief Executive Officer.

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Official Website
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History

Current operations

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