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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHospitals Tell Doctors They'll Be Fired If They Speak Out About Lack of Gear
Ming Lin, an emergency room physician in Washington state, said he was told Friday he was out of a job because hed given an interview to a newspaper about a Facebook post detailing what he believed to be inadequate protective equipment and testing. In Chicago, a nurse was fired after emailing colleagues that she wanted to wear a more protective mask while on duty. In New York, the NYU Langone Health system has warned employees they could be terminated if they talk to the media without authorization.
Hospitals are muzzling nurses and other health-care workers in an attempt to preserve their image, said Ruth Schubert, a spokeswoman for the Washington State Nurses Association. It is outrageous.
Hospitals have traditionally had strict media guidelines to protect patient privacy, urging staff to talk with journalists only through official public relations offices. But the pandemic has ushered in a new era, Schubert said....
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-31/hospitals-tell-doctors-they-ll-be-fired-if-they-talk-to-press?fbclid=IwAR3-fSJ45b5fAqPSI8gR3qljGEl97LsZg7I9zkzB2y3hz4yrseeaKK1lURE
captain queeg
(10,035 posts)Kablooie
(18,571 posts)Everyone is more concerned with image and finance than lives.
Thats what a for profit health care system brings you.
LizBeth
(9,946 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,419 posts)...like my dog eating a strip of bacon.
Fire a doctor? Your only hunting the patients at your hospital, you dummies!
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Did someone threaten to pull federal funding?
Oh, they're making an image of themselves alright.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)cloudbase
(5,486 posts)I've been fired from better jobs than this one.
I was looking for a job when I got this one.
Adios, mofo.
EndlessWire
(6,376 posts)FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)cloudbase
(5,486 posts)"Wild" Bill Kennerley to a chief engineer back in my Merchant Marine days when we sailed on the S.S. Marine Duval together.
The only Todd Snider I've got is "Alcohol and Pills" and "Vinyl Records."
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)I was looking for a job when I found this one
Don't need the work like you need the work done
You look like you're under pressure
I was already looking for a job two weeks ago when I met you, remember?
NBachers
(17,001 posts)Marrah_Goodman
(1,586 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)they could see a mass walkout of their medical staff.
mitch96
(13,817 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)are getting ill you know!
Maru Kitteh
(28,303 posts)Let all of the nurses join them. Fuck this shit. WE NEED PPE.
GeorgiaPeanut
(360 posts)One doesn't fire firefighters in the middle of a raging fire
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)taking another opportunity to remind healthcare workers that they're not god, the CEO's are.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,626 posts)care workers to contact the state of Illinois for the expected peak in cases. I live just across the river from Illinois (Iowa), and I'm not a healthcare worker of any kind, but they are clearly throwing out as wide a net as possible.