Vermont Business Magazine Nurses, support staff, and technical professionals at UVM Medical Center will march and rally on Thursday, condemning drastic cuts to health services that threaten to reduce the quality of patient care.
Healthcare workers say the well-being of their patients and the community is at stake following UVM Health Network CEO Sunny Eappen’s Nov. 14th declaration of intent to sell off the network’s dialysis clinics and close the Mad River Health Center, transplant clinic at UVM Medical Center, and inpatient psychiatry at Central Vermont Medical Center.
Inpatient beds at UVM Medical Center are already being reduced, threatening to strain Emergency Department staff and escalate a preexisting crisis of healthcare access and affordability in the state of Vermont.
What: Stop the Cuts! March and Rally for our Patients
When: 12pm, Thursday, December 5th 2024
Where: UVM Medical Center entrance on Colchester Ave (111 Colchester Ave)
Who: Members of Vermont Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals and UVM Medical Center Support Staff United
Vermont Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals and UVM Medical Center Support Staff United represent over 5,000 healthcare workers at The University of Vermont Medical Center, and are part of AFT Vermont, a division of the American Federation of Teachers.
Source: 12.3.2024. Burlington – AFT Vermont
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