Providence, R.I.-based Brown University gifted $5 million to Care New England, also in Providence, to build a new labor and delivery center.
The center will be at Care New England’s Providence-based Women & Infants Hospital, according to an Oct. 20 news release from the university.
Four in 5 Rhode Island families give birth at Women & Infants, and the current labor and delivery unit needs an upgrade, the release said.
Construction on the Brown University Labor and Delivery Center is expected to cost $28 million and will begin in early 2023, according to the release.