History
Rhode Island Hospital was founded 1863. Local philanthropist and trustee, Henry J. Steere was instrumental in founding and funding the early hospital. In 1915 the hospital became the first in the region and third in the nation to have an EKG machine.
In 1931 Pembroke College (Brown University) began a nursing program with the Rhode Island Hospital Training School for Nurses to train women to teach in nursing school.
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