Newport Hospital birthing center will stay open. But it needs another $4.9M a year to survive.

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: April 3, 2026

Words: 1,054

Last Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago

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Newport Hospital’s Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center will remain open, Brown University Health announced on Friday.

The commitment comes amid doubts over the award-winning labor and delivery unit’s future, which appeared in jeopardy due to decreasing births on Aquidneck Island and financial strain across the health care giant’s two-state operations. The hospital operator initially committed to keep the 10-suite birthing center open through the end of its fiscal year on Sept. 30 amid …

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