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By Tracy Delaney
Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, Special to CalMatters
Zenei Triunfo-Cortez is president of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, execoffice@calnurses.org.
As public health and health care leaders, we are overjoyed to see diminishing numbers of COVID cases. But that isn’t the only number we need to watch as we recover from the pandemic. Across California, people have lost jobs and are struggling to make ends meet. Thousands of Californians are behind on rent, facing evictions and accumulating debt that will haunt them for years or even decades. An estimated 700,000 households are behind on rent in California, and as it comes due, research by the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII) shows that many will cut back on medicine and food or lose their homes entirely. It is impossible to repair damage done by the coronavirus when we are leaving so many behind.
Chico nurses hold picket for patient safety
Registered nurses at Enloe Medical Center gathered for an instructional picket, demanding that management prioritize patient safety and address short staffing, inadequate PPE, and hospital preparedness for natural disasters.
Posted: May 14, 2021 6:43 PM
Posted By: Kristian Lopez
CHICO, Calif. - On Friday, Registered Nurses (RN) at Enloe Medical Center gathered for an instructional picket, demanding that management prioritize patient safety and address short staffing, inadequate PPE, and hospital preparedness for natural disasters.
RNs at Enloe said management refuses to address these issues as well as infection control protocols for safe patient care during the pandemic, or hospital preparedness for natural disasters.