KPC Health Global Medical Centers Win National Awards for Quality of Care, Patient Safety
February 23, 2021 13:22 ET | Source: KPC Health KPC Health
CORONA, Calif., Feb. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) KPC Health’s Global Medical Centers have been selected as recipients for numerous local and national awards related to quality of care, patient safety, and pandemic response. The complete list of awards and facilities are listed below.
“These awards are a testament to the hard work, professionalism, and talent of the healthcare workers at each of our hospitals,” said Dr. Kali P. Chaudhuri, Founder and Chairman of KPC Health. “Given all that they have sacrificed and gone through this year, it is particularly meaningful to see them receive this well-deserved recognition.”
Nurses Protest Working Conditions at Orange County Hospitals Amid Pandemic
Registered nurses from four different Orange County, California, hospitals protested Dec. 23 against declining hospital safety conditions resulting from an increase of COVID-19-infected patients.
Dozens of nurses attended the scheduled protests, which started at 6 a.m. and lasted approximately two and a half hours. They were held simultaneously in front of the Chapman Global Medical Center in the City of Orange, the South Coast Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, and the Anaheim Global and West Anaheim medical centers in Anaheim.
Nurses say they have been working double shifts with few breaks, are under-equipped with personal protective equipment (PPE), and are enduring extremely high patient-to-nurse ratios because staffing waivers have been granted to acute care hospitals.
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COSTA MESA (CBSLA) With local hospitals overwhelmed by the latest COVID-19 surge, nurses are reaching their breaking point.
“This is a national disaster,” one nurse said. “Once the healthcare falls, wiped out, there’s no coming back.”
The veteran Orange County emergency room nurse did not want his name to be shared, but he wanted to let people know what it has been like in area hospitals.
“I grew up in a war-torn place, and this is the most scared [I’ve been] in my life and in my career,” he said.