The social employee, medical nutritionists, speech therapists, bodily therapists, occupational therapists, laboratory technicians, and radiology technologists coated beneath the contract consider that it’ll enhance retention and affected person care.
“I believe it is going to assist [us] have higher communication with administration and likewise helps us have some backup. Additionally, I believe it helps with some affected person care points. General, I believe it’s an excellent factor,” mentioned Monique McHugh, a radiology technologist at Taylor Hospital and a member of the union’s bargaining committee.
With the possible sale of Crozer to ChristianaCare nonetheless in limbo, Rozner mentioned that it has been troublesome working within the hospital as services have been slashed.
“Delaware County Memorial has gone by, I believe, the worst of the adjustments that Prospect has achieved within the system. They eliminated most of our departments. We now not have docs coming to go to except for simply the hospitalists and perhaps heart specialist,” Rozner mentioned.
There is only one energetic flooring in DCMH. There was 200 beds. Rozner mentioned that the most recent census has that quantity at round 25.
