Dozens of people protested outside UC San Diego Health in La Jolla after hundreds of employees lost their jobs in a sudden round of layoffs. Former employees and current staff members gathered with signs and chants, expressing concerns that the staffing cuts will negatively impact patient care at the hospital.
Two construction workers were killed after a crane collapsed at a construction site in Merritt Island, Fla., according to ABC News, Fox 35 and Click Orlando. The construction site is for the new Cape Canaveral Hospital on Merritt Island, which is 57 miles southeast of Orlando. The area experienced heavy winds and rain on Wednesday, but the cause of the incident is under investigation, ABC News reported.
More than a month after the Crozer Health system collapsed, some laid-off employees are struggling to get the unemployment benefits they're entitled to. A total of 2,651 employees were laid off when Taylor Hospital shut down on April 26 and Crozer Chester Medical Center permanently closed on May 2. Julia Simon-Mishel, supervising attorney at Philadelphia Legal Assistance, says many people face challenges when trying to access unemployment benefits.
Former employees of bankrupt Steward Health Care may soon collectively lose tens of millions of dollars in retirement savings, as financial reckoning continues for the system that once operated eight hospitals in Massachusetts. Those employees put their trust — and their savings — with the company, only to see their retirement funds revert to Steward as it works to resurrect a viable business from what was the largest private, for-profit hospital network in the country.
Longtime labor leader George Gresham was toppled by his former lieutenants in a contentious race to lead the nation's largest health care union. Gresham, who became president of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East in 2007, lost his reelection bid by a resounding margin to challenger Yvonne Armstrong, who leads the union's long-term care division.
An employee at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital was shot by another employee Thursday morning inside a parking garage, police say. The hospital, located in the area of M-59 and Dequindre Road in Troy, was placed on lockdown after the shooting happened around 7 a.m. According to Troy police, the situation appeared to be an isolated incident between the two employees. The suspect was taken into custody in Macomb Township and the victim is reportedly stable.