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Mental Health Nurses Attacked at
Centenary
Staff and Patient Safety Threatened
Two RV mental health nurses are off work due to injuries
sustained in a late January attack at the Centenary site the Scarborough
Mirror reported in a Feb. 11th article...see
article
Police were called when a chair-swinging mental health
patient assaulted two night shift workers inflicting head
injuries.
Ontario Nurses' Association President Linda Haslam-Stroud claimed hospital administrators had not
reported the incident to the health & safety committee
within 4 days in violation of the collective agreement and the
provincial Occupational and Health Safety Act. The Rouge
Valley hospital had been warned not to transfer mental
health patients for the Ajax Pickering hospital by the
community and nurses previously, she stated. Intensive
acute care beds are not available at the Centenary site.
Ironically just such a newly-completed facility sits
unused at the RV Ajax-Pickering site...see news16 Mental
Health patients, including the most severe in crisis
patients, are being housed in overcrowded conditions
'however they can', Haslam-Stroud claims. "Some
rooms designed for four patients are holding five
patients".
Look
for the Friends newsletter in your community. Online here
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Rouge Valley Board Seeks New Members
RV Health System invited community members
to 'come on board' to give back to the community as
volunteer members.
In recently placed newspaper adverts.,
applicants with a range of skills and backgrounds were asked
to apply to C. Pember at 416-281-7293 or though the RV
webpage at www.rougevalley.ca/comeonboard
by March 26, 2009...see advertisement
A vetting process will follow by the
Board-appointed Governance and Nominating Committee.
The Friends have, in the past, been
critical of the highly selective nature of the selection
process. see here
Have
you made your contribution to the RVHS Foundation yet?
Help your local hospital by directing funds to AP and get
voting rights at the Annual Meeting.
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