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Warwick: Health Care
Kent Hospital in Warwick has been serving the Kent County area since 1951 as an acute care nonprofit medical facility. Expansions over the years have brought the number of licensed beds at the hospital to 359 at present, and a major renovation of the emergency department in 2004 has increased the patient care bays to 46. The hospital's Women's Care Center is in the process of remodeling in 2005, with the postpartum rooms being updated with a more homey, welcoming feel. Kent Hospital's hyperbaric medicine chamber is a resource for all of southeastern New England for the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning. The hospital additionally provides extended coronary care, ...