FRIDAY, FEB. 28: Montefiore Bronx Nurses Speak Out About Cuts to Beds and Services That Put Patient Care at Ris
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY, FEB. 28 AT 12 PM NOON**
Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169
Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489
MONTEFIORE BRONX NURSES SPEAK OUT ABOUT CUTS TO BEDS AND SERVICES THAT PUT PATIENTS AT RISK
With number of patients in hallways increasing and overcrowded emergency departments and hospital floors, Montefiore nurses condemn restructuring plan that will eliminate more beds, potentially make conditions worse for Bronx patients
Nurses speak out ahead of Montefiore cutting hospital beds on March 15
Bronx, N.Y.– Montefiore Bronx nurses are speaking out to save hospital beds and services and end overcrowding in the emergency departments and hospital floors at Montefiore Moses and Weiler. Montefiore recently announced a “restructuring” plan that could negatively impact patient care in the Bronx. Montefiore plans to eliminate hospital beds and some essential healthcare services, including some surgical and palliative care services, at Montefiore Moses in the Bronx.
Nurses are demanding that Montefiore preserve beds and services at Moses and end overcrowding in Bronx hospitals. Right now, Montefiore Moses and Weiler have overcrowded emergency departments and patients waiting in hallways for care—a situation that has gotten worse since last year. There are already not enough beds for patients on the hospital floors and “overflow” patients are placed in areas not intended for patient care. Reducing medical-surgical beds and intermediate-level “stepdown” beds could create even longer wait times and hallway patients in Bronx emergency departments and more overflow patients in the hospitals.
WHO: Montefiore Bronx NYSNA nurses from Montefiore Moses and Weiler hospitals, CIR/SEIU healthcare workers, and community and elected allies including Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz, Assembly Member George Alvarez, New York City Council Member Eric Dinowitz, Northwest Bronx Community Clergy Coalition, Mekong NYC and New York Nonviolent Medicaid Army.
WHAT: Speak-out to save our beds and services and end overcrowding in the Bronx
WHEN: Friday, Feb. 28 at noon
WHERE: Montefiore Moses Hospital
111 East 210th Street Bronx, NY 10467
**Photo and video available upon request**
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