Outlook for Newport Hospital birthing center dims after Brown University Health logs $18M Q1 loss

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: March 19, 2026

Words: 1,058

Last Updated: 1 day, 15 hours ago

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Executives at Brown University Health never mentioned the Newport Hospital birthing center during a 30-minute call with investors Thursday, nor was it included in a 17-slide PowerPoint presentation detailing the health care system’s first quarter financial results.

But the accredited labor and delivery unit — the only one on Aquidneck Island — appears to be on shaky ground amid quarterly operating losses and gloomy projections about the effect of federal budget cuts.

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