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March 12th, 2012

KSBW: Union calls for 2 SVMH board members to resign

KSBW, 2:07 PM PST Mar 09, 2012 SALINAS, Calif. – The day after a state audit blasted top management at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, the healthcare workers’ union called on two members of the board  to resign Friday. National Union of Healthcare Workers leaders said SVMH Board of Directors member Harry Wardwell and president Jim Gattis […]

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March 11th, 2012

Links to coverage of Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Audit

Here are links to more press coverage of the State of California Audit of Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital: Los Angeles TimesKSBWMonterey HeraldMontery County WeeklyGoErie.com

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March 11th, 2012

LA Times: Audit, Hospital district leaders had financial ties to contractors

Los Angeles Times,  March 8, 2012 | 6:21pm A Monterey County public hospital district paid $21 million over the last five years to firms in which its chief executive and board members held financial interests, according to a state audit released Thursday. The audit was launched in response to a series of articles in The […]

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March 10th, 2012

We kept our pension at Salinas, now hospital directors may face criminal charges

In January, my co-workers and I at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital won a contract with raises and no concessions. Today, after a California state auditor’s report exposed possible “criminal acts” by SVMH’s directors, we’re putting healthcare executives everywhere on notice that they won’t get away with treating our hospitals like their personal cash cows. Former […]

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March 8th, 2012

NUHW Calls for SVMH Board Members Gattis and Wardwell to Resign in Light of Audit Report

Union reiterates auditor’s call for criminal investigations by County District Attorney Salinas, California – The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), representing 750 caregivers at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (SVMH), applauds the California State Auditor’s report, released this morning, that describes the pervasive lack of transparency and numerous conflicts of interest that characterize the hospital’s governing […]