While the state’s health department says there could be a carve-out to shield the two safety-net hospitals, the attorney general says it’s “too early to tell.”

Just when the yearslong saga of selling two urban safety net hospitals appeared to have reached its final chapter, a plot twist has emerged. Prospect Medical Holdings, the California-based hospital operator that owns Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence,

The owner of two safety net hospitals in Rhode Island is possibly facing bankruptcy. How will this affect the fate of these medical facilities?