History
Women & Infants Hospital was founded in 1884 as the Providence Lying-In Hospital, which was exclusively a maternity hospital where women could safely deliver children.
Initially located at the General James Estate on Slocum Street in Providence, Rhode Island, the hospital was moved two years later to the corner of State and Field streets after it outgrew its initial building. The hospital was moved again in 1926 to 50 Maude Street where it remained for 60 years. Women & Infants continued to expand and modernize over the years, and in the late 1970s it became affiliated with Rhode Island Hospital. In order to further facilitate future physical expansion and program developments, the hospital was moved once again in 1986 to its current location on Dudley Street in Providence.
In 1996, Women & Infants Hospital joined with Butler Hospital and Kent Hospital to create the Care New England Health System in order to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in the communities they serve.
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