South County, Roger Williams hospitals slip in new national ranking

South County, Roger Williams hospitals slip in new national ranking

The grade of South County Hospital in South Kingstown dropped from an A to a C over the course of the last year in a national ranking. (Photo by Laura Paton/Rhode Island Current)Four of Rhode Island’s nine acute care hospitals earned the highest marks in the latest report by a national nonprofit that ranks patient safety. But three slipped one grade. Rhode Island Hospital and the Miriam Hospital in Providence, Newport Hospital, and Westerly Hosp…