Work has begun on the Brown University Labor and Delivery Center — a state-of-the-art unit at Care New England’s Women & Infants Hospital, named in recognition of a $5 million gift from Brown in support of the project, university officials said.
Hospital leaders said the new facility will replace Women & Infants’ outmoded labor and delivery center, enhancing birthing options, ensuring equity for patients and providing a world-class center in which families from Rhode Island and the surrounding region can deliver their babies.
With more than 80% of local families delivering at Women & Infants, Brown is providing financial support to help advance care for women and families, and to invest in first-class hospital facilities for Care New England, one of Rhode Island’s major health care systems and an affiliate of Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School. Read more.
