SEIU Nurses Add Support to Prime Healthcare And Expanding Efforts to Save DCHS Hospitals
ONTARIO, Calif., Nov. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Prem Reddy, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Prime Healthcare, today released the following statement:
"Today's announcement by the Service Employees International Union Local 121RN to back Prime Healthcare's acquisition of the Daughters of Charity Health System extends the support of thousands of patients, staff, nurses and doctors committed to preserving needed access to quality healthcare and saving the DCHS hospitals from closure.
"SEIU 121RN joins the growing movement supportive of a DCHS decision that found Prime Healthcare to be 'by far the best choice' in extending the system's legacy of providing compassionate care and service to the community. The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United earlier provided its endorsement. The SEIU 121RN nurses represent 8,500 nurses in Southern California, including more than 130 nurses at Encino Hospital Medical Center, which is owned and operated by the not-for-profit Prime Healthcare Foundation.
"This expanding group of supporters recognizes the importance of preserving safety-net hospitals and the jobs and essential care they provide in communities throughout California. The only opposition that continues is from self-serving interest groups that do not value the importance of these hospitals, such as the SEIU-UHW. Their actions jeopardize the future of the DCHS hospitals and neglect the best interests of members, patients and communities.
"Prime Healthcare's acquisition of the DCHS hospitals not only will save these facilities for their communities, but it will also keep critical emergency rooms and trauma centers open, infuse $150 million in capital improvements, protect 7,600 jobs, continue all charity care and assume nearly $300 million in pension guarantees for more than 17,000 union and non-union active and retired workers."
Link to the CNA statement at: http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/entry/rns-new-accord-would-keep-open-daughters-of-charity-hospitals/
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About Prime Healthcare:
Saving Hospitals, Saving Jobs and Saving Lives.Prime Healthcare is an award-winning hospital system with 29 acute care hospitals providing more than 35,000 jobs in nine states. Based in California, Prime Healthcare is committed to providing the absolute best quality hospitals possible. It has been recognized as among the "100 Top Hospitals" in the nation 27 times, among the "15 Top Health Systems" three times and is the only "10 Top Health system" West of the Mississippi. Our hospitals have been recognized by The Joint Commission as having eight among the "Top Performers on Key QualityMeasures" in 2013. Prime Healthcare is dedicated to serving our patients and communities. Since 2010, our hospitals have provided more than $2 billion in charity and uncompensated care. We provide more charity care than any other hospital system in California (excluding public hospitals) and nearly double the state average. With over $800 million invested in capital improvements since 2005, we are committed to transforming all of our hospitals into award-winning centers of excellence. For more information, please visit www.primehealthcare.com.
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