Sentences with phrase «lich nurses»
«Every leader in this state should be shouting about what Cuomo and his trustees did to LICH, how the community was railroaded, almost 2,000 New Yorkers were put out of work, and a vital medical facility was shut down to benefit wealthy real estate developers and other friends of the Governor,» said Julie Semente, long - time LICH nurse and member of the New York State Nurses Association's executive committee at LICH, speaking on her own behalf.
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Nurses, physicians, patients and local officials leading the fight to save LICH joined speakers including Borough President Marty Markowitz, Speaker Christine Quinn, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblywoman Joan Millman and Councilwoman Letitia James.
«This ruling gives us more time to work with the Department of Health, elected officials and community advocates to develop alternative solutions that will keep LICH's vital services and good jobs in the community,» said George Gresham, president of 1199SEIU in a press release, who sought the restraining order along with the New York State Nurses Association, Concerned Physicians of LICH and others.
The judge gave strict orders, and they ignore it,» said Sonia Taylor, a nurse at LICH for 30 years.
Rosa Tavarez, a labor delivery nurse at LICH, said all cases in the hospital's operating room were going to be canceled, according to her supervisor, she said.
COBBLE HILL — Doctors, nurses and administrative staff rallied outside Long Island College Hospital Thursday, after SUNY Downstate ordered ambulances to divert emergency cases away from LICH and transfer patients in critical care units to other hospitals.
While the hospital's emergency services are still running, it's not admitting any new patients, said Lisa Tabora, an ER nurse at LICH.
For months, LICH doctors, nurses and administrative staffers have been battling to keep the hospital open for care.