Nurses union blasts CHS re: suspension of labor and delivery at Fallbrook Hospital; CHS counters statement with information

The following statement was released Sept. 12, by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU):

"The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) called on Community Health Systems (CHS), the giant for-profit healthcare corporation based in Franklin, Tenn. that operates Fallbrook Hospital, to reinstate labor and delivery services, which were hastily suspended with little notice on Sept. 3, 2014."

Providing fewer than 14 days’ notice of closure despite the availability of registered nurses and a doctor to continue to staff the unit, CHS ignored the demand...