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As wildfires continue to devastate communities across Southern California, local nonprofit groups are mobilizing to provide relief to those affected.

The company has two hospitals in Rhode Island caring for thousands of the state’s most vulnerable patients. Here are answers to questions from patients and observers about how to navigate the bankruptcy.

Prospect Medical Holdings, the California-based owner of two cash-strapped safety net hospitals in Rhode Island, faces a possible bankruptcy filing, a move that would spell added uncertainty for Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence.

The filing shows Prospect had more than 100,000 creditors and between $1 billion and $10 billion in liabilities.

In a statement, the company said specifically it was looking to expedite the sales of Roger Williams and Our Lady of Fatima medical centers.

Ocean State residents with connections to Los Angeles are speaking about how surreal the obliteration is in the midst of the destructive wildfires.

Firefighters are hoping for a break Friday from the fierce winds that have fueled massive blazes in the Los Angeles area, killing at least10 people and obliterating entire communities. “I have talked to friends and I have many sleepless nights these past three nights,

The Los Angeles-based company said in a press release that it plans to “realign its organizational focus outside of California.” Prospect Holdings plans to sell two Rhode Island facilities, the Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence and Our Lady ...

Prospect is the second large health system with a history of private equity ownership to declare bankruptcy in the past year.

While Lauren and Ryan Tracy were visiting his parents in Newport, Rhode Island, over the winter holidays ... a far cry from the overinflated California market they were used to.

Officials say Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital are operating, but the state’s health care system does not have the capacity to absorb their patients if they were forced to close.