Nurses union to McKee, HHS: ‘Stop unlawfully interfering’ with healthcare facilities deal

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A nurses union is calling on Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee and the state HHS department to stay out of a pending deal to keep three local healthcare facilities open.

United Nurses and Allied Professionals are working on an agreement with Centurion to prevent the closure of Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, Roger Williams Medical Center and Prospect Home Health and Hospice.

The union will hold a press conference Tuesday at 3 p.m. in front of Our Lady of Fatima Hospital to address the deal, which is still being processed in a bankruptcy court…

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