Year: 2015
State Rep. Denise Garlick Provides Powerful Testimony at Health Policy Commission Hearing on the ICU Staffing Law — Makes Clear the Intent of the Law is for a Default Standard of One Patient Per Nurse
North County Cares Coalition to Hold Day of Action for Restoration of a Full Service Hospital for Northern Berkshire County on the One-Year Anniversary of the Illegal Closing of North Adams Regional Hospital
MNA Special Report: Berkshire Medical Center North (BMCN): The Case for Restoring a Full Service Hospital for Northern Berkshire County
Following the sudden closure of the 121-bed North Adams Regional Hospital (NARH), which left thousands of residents without access to local healthcare, Berkshire Health Systems (BHS)/Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) purchased… Read more »
Nashoba Valley Medical Center RNs and Supporters to Hold a “Help Nurses Care for the Community” Rally on March 24 at 5 p.m.
The registered nurses working at Nashoba Valley Medical Center (NVMC), and supporters will hold a community rally on Tuesday, March 24 from 5 to 6 p.m. to call attention to… Read more »
Health Policy Commission to Hold Hearings (March 25 in Boston and April 2 in Worcester) on Recently Enacted Law Mandating Safe Patient Limits for Nurses Working in Mass. Hospital ICUs
Save the Date for March 25 and April 2 Public Hearings on ICU Staffing Law
Important Information About Draft Regulations on the New ICU Staffing Law And How Nurses Can Shape These Regulations to Protect Patients
UMass Memorial’s Greed Knows No Bounds as They Threaten Thousands of Patients with the Loss of Phsyician Coverage
Once again, UMass Memorial Health Care is demonstrating its unbridled greed and its willingness to abandon patients as it has threatened thousands of patients with the loss of hospital and… Read more »
UMass Memorial Clinton Hospital Plans to Reduce Beds & Layoff Staff Plan Has Caused Great Turmoil and Low Morale Among Staff
New Bill to Protect Patients Draws Strong Support from Legislators As Reports Show Mass. Patients Receiving Poor Patient Care
86 Lawmakers Sign on as Co-Sponsors for Measure to Require Safer Patient Limits for Nurses Working in Massachusetts Hospitals CANTON, Mass. — In the wake of two recent reports showing… Read more »
