Mount Sinai is on a mission to provide quality health care for all. October 12, 2020, 1:26 PM • 7 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article This report is part of “Turning Point,” a groundbreaking series by ABC News examining the racial reckoning sweeping the United States […]
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A computer outage at a major hospital chain thrust health care facilities across the U.S. into chaos Monday, with treatment impeded as doctors and nurses already burdened by the coronavirus pandemic were forced to rely on paper backup systems. Universal Health Services, which operates more than 250 hospitals and other […]
Our nurses in the Pediatric Cardiac Care Center receive specialized ICU training specific to pediatric cardiac care. In addition, all nurses remain certified in BLS and PALS and receive on-going education throughout their tenure in the PICU and in the PCCC. They are compassionate and seek to provide top […]
Authorities claimed there was no loss of life or injury to the patients at the time of the fire, all of whom are critical COVID-19 positive cases A fire broke out in the trauma care unit of the Chhatrapati Pramila Raje (CPR) Civil Hospital in western Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district in […]
CHICAGO (CBS) — Hundreds of nurses picketed outside University of Illinois Hospital, after going on strike Saturday morning, demanding better care for patients as part of an ongoing contract dispute. Nurses said they put an offer on the table early Saturday morning, before walking off the job at 7 […]
An old residential house, which hosted the district offices of tuberculosis prevention, leprosy and blindness prevention, on the premises of the Government Wenlock Hospital here will be demolished to construct a five-storeyed super-speciality medicine block of the hospital under the Smart City Mission. Notices have been served on the district […]
PORTSMOUTH – Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and the Portsmouth School Department have announced that Wentworth-Douglass Hospital has been awarded the Sports Medicine/Athletic Training contract with the City of Portsmouth’s High School and Middle School. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital was selected after an extensive Request for Proposals (RFP) process initiated by the Portsmouth School Department. […]
More than 800 nurses at the University of Illinois Hospital and its clinics went on strike Saturday morning after failing to reach a contract with the hospital. The nurses, who are part the Illinois Nurses Association, were in negotiations with the hospital through the summer, and their three-year contract expired […]
By Hilary BrownUniversity of Kentucky When your child is in the hospital, it can be a harrowing, life-changing experience. You learn not to take the days for granted and your child’s care team becomes family. For Jennifer Brinegar, the doctors, nurses and staff at Kentucky Children’s Hospital had such an […]
Joe Goldeen | The Record FRENCH CAMP – Registered nurses who work at San Joaquin General Hospital, Public Health, county clinics and the County Jail walked off the job at 7 a.m. Wednesday and plan to stay out on strike for the next five days, according to the union that […]
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A nurse was fatally struck by a motorcyclist in Brooklyn while riding her bicycle home from an overnight shift over. the. weekend, officials said. © Provided by WINS Radio New York Clara Kang According to. police, 31-year-old Clara Kang was cycling east on 56th Street […]
These are very stressful times for nurses working in the emergency department at the Lakeshore General Hospital. There is currently a critical shortage of staff, according to Elizabeth Rich, V.P. of the nurses union. Normally 13 nurses work in the ER to treat 31 patients. Lately, the same number of […]
More than 800 nurses at the University of Illinois hospital (UIH) in Chicago went on strike starting Saturday morning after contract negotiations broke down over nurse-to-patient ratios. © Getty Images Over 800 nurses in Chicago hospital strike over failed contract negotiations About 1,400 nurses were originally set to walk off […]
CHICAGO (WLS) — Negotiations resumed Tuesday on day four of the University of Illinois Hospital nurses’ strike. Rainbow PUSH’s Rev. Jesse Jackson joined the picket line in the morning. “We’re fighting for adequate equipment, we’re fighting for hours that make sense, we will not give up, we will not surrender, […]
Two nurses at Virginia Mason Memorial filed a complaint with the state Department of Health, alleging that the hospital’s staffing, sanitation and personal protective equipment practices put patients and staff at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sylvia Keller and Alice Westphal alleged the hospital has been dangerously understaffed in its […]
Graphic by Lori Deaton As a retired critical care and hospice nurse with over 30 years of practice at Mission, I am writing to encourage Mission nurses to vote for a union through National Nurses United and for community members to encourage the Mission nurses they may know to do the […]
The strike was supposed to include about 1,300 nurses, but a judge ruled that 525 who work in critical care couldn’t take part because it would endanger patients. CHICAGO — More than 800 nurses walked off the job Saturday at Chicago’s University of Illinois Hospital after the latest contract negotiations […]
UPDATE: Sept. 11, 2020: A Cook County circuit court judge granted the temporary restraining order Friday morning, prohibiting nurses in certain critical care units from participating in the work stoppage Saturday. But the union still plans to move ahead with its action. “It’s important to realize the ruling does not restrict […]
WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Healthcare workers and community members in Westfield are voicing their concerns over changes at Baystate Noble Hospital. Registered nurses of Baystate Noble announced the results of a community survey at a news conference outside the hospital Wednesday. The survey focuses on community members’ response to staffing […]
Matthew Bailen is a critical care educator at Mercy Hospital as well as as an experienced marathon runner. BUFFALO, N.Y. — At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, people across Western New York found a number of ways to show their support for the healthcare workers. Now there’s another opportunity […]
YORK, Maine — York Hospital is pleased to welcome two new physicians to its medical staff this month. Ming Hui Fan, M.D., has joined Pulmonary Associates of York Hospital, while Derek Trapasso, M.D., F.A.A.P., has been appointed Consulting Medical Director of York Hospital’s Newborn Telemedicine. Dr. Fan earned her medical […]
More than 1,400 nurses have reached a contract agreement with University of Illinois Hospital and its clinics, after many of them went on a week-long strike earlier this month. The strike ended Saturday, and the nurses union, the Illinois Nurses Association, has been in continued negotiations with the hospital since […]