Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Eastern New England recently donated $23,153 to Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island to purchase seven infant warmers for the Labor, Delivery and Recovery Unit. The organization's total giving to Women & Infants in recent years has reached nearly $75,000.

New radiant infant warmers will be placed in each of the hospital's 19 labor and delivery rooms as part of a renovation project to modernize the rooms as well as vital equipment. The project will also create a roomier and more comfortable environment for patients and caregivers.

"Women & Infants is fortunate to have such committed community partners like Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern New England, as well as the many local franchise owners of McDonald's restaurants," said Karen A. Davie, senior vice president, Philanthropy and Governance at Women & Infants Hospital.

"Our organization's mission is to improve the lives of children through organizations like Women & Infants," said Karen McEachern, executive director of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern New England. "Clearly, the dedicated staff who care for more than 8,500 infants each year share our commitment to children and families."

Since 1986, RMHC of Eastern New England has given grants totaling more than $21 million to organizations and programs helping thousands of children and families throughout eastern New England.

About Women & Infants Hospital

Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, is one of the nation's leading specialty hospitals for women and newborns.A U.S.News Best Hospital in Gynecology and Best Children's Hospital in Neonatology, Women & Infants was ranked number one in the Providence metro area and a top-performer in cancer, and has achieved a 5-star rating in Maternity Care for 2011 from HealthGrades.The primary teaching affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University for obstetrics, gynecology and newborn pediatrics, as well as a number of specialized programs in women's medicine, Women & Infants is the seventh largest obstetrical service in the country with more than 8,500 deliveries per year.In 2009, Women & Infants opened the country's largest, single-family room neonatal intensive care unit.

New England's premier hospital for women and newborns, Women & Infants and Brown offer fellowship programs in gynecologic oncology, maternal-fetal medicine, urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery, neonatal-perinatal medicine, pediatric and perinatal pathology, gynecologic pathology and cytopathology, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility.It is home to the nation's only mother-baby perinatal psychiatric partial hospital, as well as the nation's only fellowship program in obstetric medicine.

Women & Infants has been designated as a Breast Center of Excellence from the American College of Radiography; a Center for In Vitro Maturation Excellence by SAGE In Vitro Fertilization; a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence by the National Institutes of Health; and a Neonatal Resource Services Center of Excellence.It is one of the largest and most prestigious research facilities in high risk and normal obstetrics, gynecology and newborn pediatrics in the nation, and is a member of the National Cancer Institute's Gynecologic Oncology Group.