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Sutter is facing criticism from a broad range of other critics for its
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"When you have a hospital corporation that is as far out of the mainstream
as the Sutter corporation, it's bound to create patient care problems," said
Sal Rosselli, UHW President . Chhavi Sachdev reports
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religions can possibly find a consensus.

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The agency found serious deficiencies in
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When: Saturday, May 7 at 1 p.

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Dave Bates, SEIU UHW 510-773-8950

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Where: Summit Campus of ABSMC, 350 Hawthorne at Webster,
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On Saturday, May 7, hundreds of Registered Nurses, caregivers, elected
officials and community members will rally in front of the Summit Campus of
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (ABSMC) to protest Sutter Health's management
practices at the hospital. Then you have the giant Sutter corporation, which had revenue of $6
billion, refusing to accept these standards which are designed to protect
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"My co-workers are understaffed and over worked," said Kathleen Berg, who
has been a Licensed Vocational Nurse at ABSMC for over 15 years."
"Sutter's unwillingness to fully and consistently comply with the safe
staffing law exposes its patients to unwarranted risks and stands in stark
contrast with many other Northern California hospitals," said CNA President
Deborah Burger, RN. It's shameful .

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Loss of accreditation would mean the
termination of Medicare and Medicaid, the majority of the hospital's funding. At Sutter Solano in Vallejo and
at Sutter 's Marin General, a federal agency threatened to cut off Medicare
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In February , the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare
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denial of accreditation to ABSMC. Our mission is to achieve high quality
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In addition, Sutter has failed to meet the
community standard in other critical patient protections , such as giving
frontline healthcare workers a voice in staffing and a training fund. "There's a
high use of temporary traveling nurses and too few training, education and
advancement opportunities for regular employees.

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Hundreds of Registered Nurses Caregivers Community Members to Protest Sutter 's Operation of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

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Despite promises to the community that it would preserve
and even expand services, Sutter has closed the pain clinic and obstetrics at
Summit and is closing down cardiology and orthopedics at Alta Bates.

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CHALLENGING FALSE PROPHETS

Noam Chomsky is one of the world's foremost thinkers and activists. He
spoke with Science & Theology News on Western intellect, faith and the role
science plays in our world.

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With over 130,000 members
throughout the state in the hospital, homecare and nursing home industries,
SEIU United Healthcare Workers is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare
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Biotechnology thrives in the growing world power of India, but the
traditional Hindu mindset still dominates bioethics.

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Nigel Brush, a geologist and author of "The Limitations of Scientific
Truth," talks about the need for science to have a little humility when it
comes to looking for absolute truths.

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It's not rocket science,
Sutter is trying to squeeze every penny out of patients, nurses and
caregivers, and it is creating a serious patient care crisis.

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