Union Challenge to Tenet Purchase Draws State Review. (Up Front).Tenet Healthcare Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) is an operating company that owns and operates 57 hospitals in the United States [1]. It is based in Dallas, Texas. Its stock ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange is NYSE: THC. Corp.'s proposed purchase of the Daniel Freeman hospitals in Marina del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
The union, which is organizing health care workers at Tenet and other hospitals, claims in the report that patient care at Tenet hospitals has been compromised by short staffing of nurses and other workers. The report was presented to the state Attorney General's Office, which under law has the authority to review sales of non-profit hospitals to for-profit companies. Tenet is proposing to buy the two money-losing Daniel Freeman hospitals from Carondolet Health System Inc., a St. Louis-based Catholic system. If the proposed deal is not approved, Carondolet is threatening to possibly shut both hospitals in January. The union report, which was drawn from interviews with Tenet nurses, official complaints and regulators reports, claims that patients at Tenet's L.A. County hospitals receive about a quarter less direct care than patients at other hospitals receive, as measured by "patient care hours." The report cites a variety of lapses of care, from a cardiac patient who waited hours for physician-ordered treatment, to patients who developed bedsores Bedsores Definition Bedsores are also called decubitus ulcers, pressure ulcers, or pressure sores. These tender or inflamed patches develop when skin covering a weight-bearing part of the body is squeezed between bone and another body part, or a bed, , to newborns who didn't get fed for hours. Tenet spokesman Harry Anderson
Harry Anderson (born October 14, 1952) is an American actor and magician. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Anderson was a street magician before becoming an actor. reacted angrily to the report, calling it a "poorly done hatchet hatchet: see tomahawk. job" that misrepresents the system's quality of care by focusing on negative or incorrect information. "This is clearly a polemical po·lem·ic n. 1. A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine. 2. A person engaged in or inclined to controversy, argument, or refutation. adj. document intended to damage our reputation," Anderson said. Six of Tenet's 27 Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, hospitals are unionized. Under law, the Attorney General's Office must consider the report as it weighs whether to approve Tenet's acquisition of the Daniel Freeman hospitals. A consultant's report commissioned by the Attorney General's Office has recommended that any approval be subject to Tenet agreeing, among other conditions, to maintain Daniel Freemans' emergency rooms for five years, a concern of community leaders and county officials. Tenet has agreed to meet the recommended conditions. The consultant's report does not address staffing concerns. However, a spokesman for the Attorney General said regulators believe they have the authority to impose "relevant conditions" to ensure quality of care. |
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