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Saturday, 18 August 2007 Resurrection settles unfair labor practice charge

Resurrection Health Care has settled yet another charge of violating the rights of its employees—the 14th such charge it has settled in the past four years. The latest settlement comes after Region 13 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) indicated it would issue a complaint against RHC. According to the settlement, RHC must post notices pledging not to repeat the behavior and affirming employees’ right to form a union at Resurrection Medical Center, the chain's largest affiliate hospital. The NLRB charges stemmed from a June 1 incident when a supervisor called a union activist into a closed-door meeting. The supervisor allegedly interrogated the employee about circulating a petition to improve wages for patient-support staff and interfered with her right to further circulate the petition. Read more

Tuesday, 14 August 2007 New Report Examines Distorted Pay Priorities at Resurrection Health Care

Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) have issued a new report documenting low wage levels that keep patient-support staff art Resurrection Health Care hospitals mired in poverty and unable to support their families. Resurrection Health Care (RHC) is the second largest non-profit hospital system in the Chicago metropolitan area. It encompasses eight hospitals, as well as nursing homes, home health services, and outpatient clinics. Entitled Coming Up Short: Resurrection Health Care's Distorted Pay Priorities, the report depicts a starkly skewed pay structure in which the compensation of RHC hospital executives significantly exceeds national norms while the meager wages of patient-support staff (housekeepers, laundry and food service workers) fall far short of self-sufficiency standards in the Chicago area. Read more

Friday, 27 April 2007 Union Calls for Resurrection to Resolve Labor Conflicts, Improve Fiscal Performance

AFSCME Cites Moody's Downgrade and Poor Outlook CHICAGO /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) called on Resurrection Health Care to sit down with the union to resolve a long- running labor dispute. The union's call came in the wake of an April 19 announcement by Moody's Investors Service downgrading the company's bond ratings on $707.6 million of debt to A3 from A2 and reaffirming its negative outlook for the company. Ending the labor dispute is a critical step in improving the hospital chain's financial and operating performance. Read more

Friday, 30 March 2007 St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital Fined for Mishandling Chemical Spill

OSHA Penalty is Fourth in One Year for Resurrection Health Care /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the fourth time in the past year, a Resurrection Health Care hospital has been cited for violations and fined by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The new citations, issued on March 23, stem from an October incident at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in which formaldehyde was spilled. OSHA fined St. Mary of Nazareth, one of eight Chicago-area hospitals operated by Resurrection Health Care (RHC), for failure to contain the spill, decontaminate the work area, and dispose of the waste. Among other violations, the hospital was also cited for failure to provide acceptable emergency wash facilities within the immediate work area of employees at risk for chemical exposure. Read more

Friday, 23 March 2007 Report Points to Quality of Care Deficiencies at Resurrection Hospitals

/PRNewswire/ -- A new report released today documents widespread deficiencies in the quality of care provided to patients at hospitals affiliated with Resurrection Health Care. Entitled The Record on Resurrection Health Care Hospital Quality 2007, the report is intended to educate consumers in the Chicago area so they can better make informed health care decisions. It provides information regarding Resurrection Health Care's record on patient safety, patient care expenditures, public health citations and pricing based on data developed by health care purchases, independent oversight groups and governmental agencies. Read more

Wednesday, 07 February 2007 St. Francis Hospital Hit With OSHA Fine for Mishandling Mecury Spill

Federal Penalty is Resurrection Health Care Facility's Second in Nine Months /PRNewswire/ -- For the second time in the past nine months, St. Francis Hospital of Evanston has been cited for violations and fined by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The new citations stem from a July incident in which mercury was spilled. OSHA faulted St. Francis, one of eight Chicago-area hospitals operated by Resurrection Health Care, for its failed emergency response plan, inadequate training for employees and failure to notify workers of potential health hazards after the incident. In findings issued January 19, the hospital received six serious citations and was fined $25,000. Read more

Tuesday, 16 January 2007 Community Calls on West Suburban Medical Center to End Discriminatory Policies

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Event Highlights Problems at Resurrection-Owned Hospital /PRNewswire/ -- West Suburban Hospital employees and community supporters marked Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a rally calling on West Suburban CEO, Jay Kreuzer, to put a halt to racially discriminatory practices at the hospital. Participants in the King Day gathering also delivered petitions to Kreuzer signed by over 1,000 local residents. Read more

Tuesday, 21 November 2006 Union: Fairness for Workers Key to Restoring Hospital Chain’s Standing

AFSCME Urges Reform after Resurrection Credit Rating Is Downgraded CHICAGO—The union working with employees at Resurrection Health Care (RHC) hospitals urged the company’s management today to put an end to its four-year campaign to suppress workers’ rights if it wants to get back on a path to sound financial health. Read more

Monday, 23 October 2006 Resurrection Health Care settles charges with labor board

Hospital chain agrees to inform employees of labor rights Under the terms of a settlement finalized last week between the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Regional Office and Resurrection Health Care (RHC), the hospital chain will have to inform its employees that they have the right to express support for labor unions. Read more

Wednesday, 13 September 2006 Senate Committee Targets Chicago-Area Hospital Chain

Congressional Report Questions Resurrection Health Care’s Charity Care Record CHICAGO-- Many nonprofit hospitals differ little from for-profit hospitals - limiting care to the poor, overcharging the uninsured and providing executives with gold-plated compensation, according to research just released from the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. Read more

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Wednesday, 04 October 2006 Ruling sickens nurses

Chicago Sun-Times: Ruling sickens nurses BY FRANCINE KNOWLES Business Reporter

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Labor leaders are blasting a federal labor board ruling handed down Tuesday affecting nurses that they say paves the way for employers to strip millions of workers of the right to organize in a wide range of occupations. The National Labor Relations Board broadened the definition of "supervisor." In a 3-2 ruling, it said that nurses who assign duties to other nurses and are permanently assigned to run work shifts are considered supervisors, and that makes them exempt from union protections and barred from joining unions.
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Saturday, 22 July 2006 Crain's Chicago Business: Hospitals get IRS checkup

Crain's Chicago Business: Hospitals get IRS checkup By Mike Colias

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Non-profit hospitals, already under fire from Illinois' attorney general over their charity care practices, now face an even scarier inquisitor: the Internal Revenue Service. Read more

Friday, 23 June 2006 La Raza: Las enfermeras se rebelan

La Raza: Las enfermeras se rebelan by Fabiola Pomareda

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En una misma semana se anunció un paro laboral, cabildeo en favor de una ley que protegería a las enfermeras y hasta una demanda judicial en contra de un grupo de hospitales.
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Tuesday, 30 May 2006 Hospitals fall short on charity

Chicago Sun-Times: Hospitals fall short on charity: study BY LORI RACKL Health Reporter
Chicago area not-for-profit hospitals get three times as much money in tax breaks compared with what they dole out in free health care to poor and uninsured people, an analysis to be unveiled today shows.Read more

Wednesday, 24 May 2006 Chicago Sun-Times: Safety slips cited at St. Francis

Chicago Sun-Times: Safety slips cited at St. Francis BY FRANCINE KNOWLES Business Reporter

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Resurrection Health Care has been cited for several occupational health and safety violations at its St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, including failing to properly train laundry staff exposed to blood and other potentially infectious materials, violations that prompted nearly $10,000 in penalties.
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 Heroin death drug probed

Chicago Tribune: Heroin death drug probed- U.S. investigating national problem by David Heinzmann and Jeff Coen

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As Chicago police continue investigating heroin dealers lacing their drugs with the deadly painkiller Fentanyl, federal officials are trying to determine whether the outbreak of the drug is part of an emerging national problem.Read more

Friday, 21 April 2006 Hospital Claims Chemical Leak Never Happened

CBS-Chicago: Hospital Claims Chemical Leak Never Happened

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(STNG) CHICAGO OSHA has issued a citation alleging six violations against Resurrection Health Care in the wake of a possible hazardous chemical leak at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood last month, a leak the hospital now claims never happened.
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Monday, 10 April 2006 IL to conduct 3rd audit of Resurrection on back-pay issue

Crains Chicago Business: IL to conduct 3rd audit of Resurrection on back-pay issue

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Friday, 17 March 2006 Union battles to organize Chicago hospital chain

National Catholic Reporter: Union battles to organize Chicago hospital chain By CAROL SCHUCK SCHEIBER

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A national union has been battling for the last three years to organize some 8,000 workers at Resurrection Health Care, an eight-hospital, multi-clinic system that is one of Chicago’s heavy-hitters.Read more

Thursday, 02 March 2006 Chemical spill in Wicker Park

Chicago Tribune: Chemical spill in Wicker Park By Dan P. Blake and Dave Wischnowsky

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A chemical spill in the basement of a Wicker Park hospital this morning sent about 15 people to its emergency room.
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Monday, 27 February 2006 Staffing mandate plan splits hospitals, nurses

Chicago Sun-Times: Staffing mandate plan splits hospitals, nurses BY FRANCINE KNOWLES

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When Andrea Buchheit became a nurse seven years ago, she was excited at the opportunity to take care of people during their most vulnerable times. Read more

Tuesday, 07 February 2006 Gov aims to give nursing a shot in the arm

Chicago Sun-Times: Gov aims to give nursing a shot in the arm BY LORI RACKL

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In an attempt to reduce the nurse shortage in Illinois, Gov. Blagojevich will announce today a plan to boost the ranks of these frontline caregivers who are going to be counted on as the population ages.
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Tuesday, 31 January 2006 Area unions appeal for required nurse ratio

Chicago Tribune: Area unions appeal for required nurse ratio By Stephen Franklin

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Saying better nurse-staffing levels would protect patients, officials from two Chicago-area unions vowed Monday to step up their drive for state approval of mandatory nursing ratios at Illinois hospitals.Read more

Monday, 30 January 2006 Lawmakers Call For Nurse-to-Patient Ratio Proposal Based On California Law

CBS CHICAGO: Lawmakers Call For Nurse-to-Patient Ratio Proposal Based On California Law

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Two Illinois lawmakers are calling on the state to adopt a law that would mandate how many nurses a hospital would have to have for each patient. WBBM Newsradio 780's Regine Schlesinger reports the proposal is modeled after a law in California.Read more

Tuesday, 24 January 2006 More hospital aid to poor sought

Chicago Tribune: More hospital aid to poor sought - Attorney general seeks law to require hospitals to spend more on charity cases By Courtney Flynn

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Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan on Monday outlined two pieces of legislation aimed at improving health care by requiring most hospitals in the state to spend more money treating uninsured or poor patients and taking a less aggressive approach to obtaining payments from those who have received their care. Read more

Saturday, 17 December 2005 AZ Indy Media: Los derechos de los trabajadores son derechos humanos

AZ Indy Media: Los derechos de los trabajadores son derechos humanos

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Thursday, 15 December 2005 EXTRA: "Fired Employee Accuses Resurrection Health Care of Anti-Union Firing"

EXTRA: "Fired Employee Accuses Resurrection Health Care of Anti-Union Firing"

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Sunday, 11 December 2005 Workers Have a Right to Peace

Upturn Magazine: Workers Have a Right to Peace by Father Michael Knotek, St. John de la Salle Catholic Church, Chicago, IL

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Drug addicts and alcoholics can be known for making a mess. Their behavior is usually pretty nasty when they are brought into an Emergency Room after having overdosed. When brought in by the police they have either made trouble publicly are turned violent toward family members. Addicts on a bender make people anxious and angry.Read more

Sunday, 19 December 2004 Uncharitable?

New York Times: Uncharitable? By JONATHAN COHN

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Margaret Loncar was about to leave her trailer home in Bridgeview, Ill., one April morning in 2003 when she noticed her 49-year-old husband, Michael, hunched over the side of the bed and coughing up fluid. Although he had battled a variety of lung and liver ailments for years, he seemed worse than usual, Margaret recalled not long ago -- bad enough, she thought, that he should get to the emergency room.
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Wednesday, 09 June 2004 Crain's Chicago Business: Hospital's tax status under fire

Crain's Chicago Business: Hospital's tax status under fire by Jeremy Mullman

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Resurrection Health Care is ineligible for tax-exempt status because its activities aren’t charitable, according to two petitions filed with the Cook County authorities that were backed by a labor union trying to organize there. Read more

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Home About Us FAQ Resources & Publications Links Updates About Resurrection Mission Search Contact Us Press Room Support Safe Staffing AFSCME Council 31 Website New Regulations to prevent infections	Press Releases Saturday, 18 August 2007 Resurrection settles unfair labor practice charge Resurrection Health Care has settled yet another charge of violating the rights of its employees—the 14th such charge it has settled in the past four years. The latest settlement comes after Region 13 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) indicated it would issue a complaint against RHC. According to the settlement, RHC must post notices pledging not to repeat the behavior and affirming employees’ right to form a union at Resurrection Medical Center, the chain's largest affiliate hospital. The NLRB charges stemmed from a June 1 incident when a supervisor called a union activist into a closed-door meeting. The supervisor allegedly interrogated the employee about circulating a petition to improve wages for patient-support staff and interfered with her right to further circulate the petition. Read more Tuesday, 14 August 2007 New Report Examines Distorted Pay Priorities at Resurrection Health Care Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) have issued a new report documenting low wage levels that keep patient-support staff art Resurrection Health Care hospitals mired in poverty and unable to support their families. Resurrection Health Care (RHC) is the second largest non-profit hospital system in the Chicago metropolitan area. It encompasses eight hospitals, as well as nursing homes, home health services, and outpatient clinics. Entitled Coming Up Short: Resurrection Health Care's Distorted Pay Priorities, the report depicts a starkly skewed pay structure in which the compensation of RHC hospital executives significantly exceeds national norms while the meager wages of patient-support staff (housekeepers, laundry and food service workers) fall far short of self-sufficiency standards in the Chicago area. Read more Friday, 27 April 2007 Union Calls for Resurrection to Resolve Labor Conflicts, Improve Fiscal Performance AFSCME Cites Moody's Downgrade and Poor Outlook CHICAGO /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) called on Resurrection Health Care to sit down with the union to resolve a long- running labor dispute. The union's call came in the wake of an April 19 announcement by Moody's Investors Service downgrading the company's bond ratings on $707.6 million of debt to A3 from A2 and reaffirming its negative outlook for the company. Ending the labor dispute is a critical step in improving the hospital chain's financial and operating performance. Read more Friday, 30 March 2007 St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital Fined for Mishandling Chemical Spill OSHA Penalty is Fourth in One Year for Resurrection Health Care /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the fourth time in the past year, a Resurrection Health Care hospital has been cited for violations and fined by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The new citations, issued on March 23, stem from an October incident at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in which formaldehyde was spilled. OSHA fined St. Mary of Nazareth, one of eight Chicago-area hospitals operated by Resurrection Health Care (RHC), for failure to contain the spill, decontaminate the work area, and dispose of the waste. Among other violations, the hospital was also cited for failure to provide acceptable emergency wash facilities within the immediate work area of employees at risk for chemical exposure. Read more Friday, 23 March 2007 Report Points to Quality of Care Deficiencies at Resurrection Hospitals /PRNewswire/ -- A new report released today documents widespread deficiencies in the quality of care provided to patients at hospitals affiliated with Resurrection Health Care. Entitled The Record on Resurrection Health Care Hospital Quality 2007, the report is intended to educate consumers in the Chicago area so they can better make informed health care decisions. It provides information regarding Resurrection Health Care's record on patient safety, patient care expenditures, public health citations and pricing based on data developed by health care purchases, independent oversight groups and governmental agencies. Read more Wednesday, 07 February 2007 St. Francis Hospital Hit With OSHA Fine for Mishandling Mecury Spill Federal Penalty is Resurrection Health Care Facility's Second in Nine Months /PRNewswire/ -- For the second time in the past nine months, St. Francis Hospital of Evanston has been cited for violations and fined by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The new citations stem from a July incident in which mercury was spilled. OSHA faulted St. Francis, one of eight Chicago-area hospitals operated by Resurrection Health Care, for its failed emergency response plan, inadequate training for employees and failure to notify workers of potential health hazards after the incident. In findings issued January 19, the hospital received six serious citations and was fined $25,000. Read more Tuesday, 16 January 2007 Community Calls on West Suburban Medical Center to End Discriminatory Policies Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Event Highlights Problems at Resurrection-Owned Hospital /PRNewswire/ -- West Suburban Hospital employees and community supporters marked Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a rally calling on West Suburban CEO, Jay Kreuzer, to put a halt to racially discriminatory practices at the hospital. Participants in the King Day gathering also delivered petitions to Kreuzer signed by over 1,000 local residents. Read more Tuesday, 21 November 2006 Union: Fairness for Workers Key to Restoring Hospital Chain’s Standing AFSCME Urges Reform after Resurrection Credit Rating Is Downgraded CHICAGO—The union working with employees at Resurrection Health Care (RHC) hospitals urged the company’s management today to put an end to its four-year campaign to suppress workers’ rights if it wants to get back on a path to sound financial health. Read more Monday, 23 October 2006 Resurrection Health Care settles charges with labor board Hospital chain agrees to inform employees of labor rights Under the terms of a settlement finalized last week between the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Regional Office and Resurrection Health Care (RHC), the hospital chain will have to inform its employees that they have the right to express support for labor unions. Read more Wednesday, 13 September 2006 Senate Committee Targets Chicago-Area Hospital Chain Congressional Report Questions Resurrection Health Care’s Charity Care Record CHICAGO-- Many nonprofit hospitals differ little from for-profit hospitals - limiting care to the poor, overcharging the uninsured and providing executives with gold-plated compensation, according to research just released from the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. Read more Press Clips Wednesday, 04 October 2006 Ruling sickens nurses Chicago Sun-Times: Ruling sickens nurses BY FRANCINE KNOWLES Business Reporter Download PDF Labor leaders are blasting a federal labor board ruling handed down Tuesday affecting nurses that they say paves the way for employers to strip millions of workers of the right to organize in a wide range of occupations. The National Labor Relations Board broadened the definition of "supervisor." In a 3-2 ruling, it said that nurses who assign duties to other nurses and are permanently assigned to run work shifts are considered supervisors, and that makes them exempt from union protections and barred from joining unions. Read more Saturday, 22 July 2006 Crain's Chicago Business: Hospitals get IRS checkup Crain's Chicago Business: Hospitals get IRS checkup By Mike Colias Download PDF Non-profit hospitals, already under fire from Illinois' attorney general over their charity care practices, now face an even scarier inquisitor: the Internal Revenue Service. Read more Friday, 23 June 2006 La Raza: Las enfermeras se rebelan La Raza: Las enfermeras se rebelan by Fabiola Pomareda Download PDF En una misma semana se anunció un paro laboral, cabildeo en favor de una ley que protegería a las enfermeras y hasta una demanda judicial en contra de un grupo de hospitales. Read more Tuesday, 30 May 2006 Hospitals fall short on charity Chicago Sun-Times: Hospitals fall short on charity: study BY LORI RACKL Health Reporter Chicago area not-for-profit hospitals get three times as much money in tax breaks compared with what they dole out in free health care to poor and uninsured people, an analysis to be unveiled today shows.Read more Wednesday, 24 May 2006 Chicago Sun-Times: Safety slips cited at St. Francis Chicago Sun-Times: Safety slips cited at St. Francis BY FRANCINE KNOWLES Business Reporter Download PDF Resurrection Health Care has been cited for several occupational health and safety violations at its St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, including failing to properly train laundry staff exposed to blood and other potentially infectious materials, violations that prompted nearly $10,000 in penalties. Read more Wednesday, 24 May 2006 Heroin death drug probed Chicago Tribune: Heroin death drug probed- U.S. investigating national problem by David Heinzmann and Jeff Coen Download PDF As Chicago police continue investigating heroin dealers lacing their drugs with the deadly painkiller Fentanyl, federal officials are trying to determine whether the outbreak of the drug is part of an emerging national problem.Read more Friday, 21 April 2006 Hospital Claims Chemical Leak Never Happened CBS-Chicago: Hospital Claims Chemical Leak Never Happened Download PDF (STNG) CHICAGO OSHA has issued a citation alleging six violations against Resurrection Health Care in the wake of a possible hazardous chemical leak at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood last month, a leak the hospital now claims never happened. Read more Monday, 10 April 2006 IL to conduct 3rd audit of Resurrection on back-pay issue Crains Chicago Business: IL to conduct 3rd audit of Resurrection on back-pay issue Download PDF Friday, 17 March 2006 Union battles to organize Chicago hospital chain National Catholic Reporter: Union battles to organize Chicago hospital chain By CAROL SCHUCK SCHEIBER Download PDF A national union has been battling for the last three years to organize some 8,000 workers at Resurrection Health Care, an eight-hospital, multi-clinic system that is one of Chicago’s heavy-hitters.Read more Thursday, 02 March 2006 Chemical spill in Wicker Park Chicago Tribune: Chemical spill in Wicker Park By Dan P. Blake and Dave Wischnowsky Download PDF A chemical spill in the basement of a Wicker Park hospital this morning sent about 15 people to its emergency room. Read more Monday, 27 February 2006 Staffing mandate plan splits hospitals, nurses Chicago Sun-Times: Staffing mandate plan splits hospitals, nurses BY FRANCINE KNOWLES Download PDF When Andrea Buchheit became a nurse seven years ago, she was excited at the opportunity to take care of people during their most vulnerable times. Read more Tuesday, 07 February 2006 Gov aims to give nursing a shot in the arm Chicago Sun-Times: Gov aims to give nursing a shot in the arm BY LORI RACKL Download PDF In an attempt to reduce the nurse shortage in Illinois, Gov. Blagojevich will announce today a plan to boost the ranks of these frontline caregivers who are going to be counted on as the population ages. Read more Tuesday, 31 January 2006 Area unions appeal for required nurse ratio Chicago Tribune: Area unions appeal for required nurse ratio By Stephen Franklin Download PDF Saying better nurse-staffing levels would protect patients, officials from two Chicago-area unions vowed Monday to step up their drive for state approval of mandatory nursing ratios at Illinois hospitals.Read more Monday, 30 January 2006 Lawmakers Call For Nurse-to-Patient Ratio Proposal Based On California Law CBS CHICAGO: Lawmakers Call For Nurse-to-Patient Ratio Proposal Based On California Law Download PDF Two Illinois lawmakers are calling on the state to adopt a law that would mandate how many nurses a hospital would have to have for each patient. WBBM Newsradio 780's Regine Schlesinger reports the proposal is modeled after a law in California.Read more Tuesday, 24 January 2006 More hospital aid to poor sought Chicago Tribune: More hospital aid to poor sought - Attorney general seeks law to require hospitals to spend more on charity cases By Courtney Flynn Download PDF Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan on Monday outlined two pieces of legislation aimed at improving health care by requiring most hospitals in the state to spend more money treating uninsured or poor patients and taking a less aggressive approach to obtaining payments from those who have received their care. Read more Saturday, 17 December 2005 AZ Indy Media: Los derechos de los trabajadores son derechos humanos AZ Indy Media: Los derechos de los trabajadores son derechos humanos Download PDF Thursday, 15 December 2005 EXTRA: "Fired Employee Accuses Resurrection Health Care of Anti-Union Firing" EXTRA: "Fired Employee Accuses Resurrection Health Care of Anti-Union Firing" Download PDF Sunday, 11 December 2005 Workers Have a Right to Peace Upturn Magazine: Workers Have a Right to Peace by Father Michael Knotek, St. John de la Salle Catholic Church, Chicago, IL Download PDF Drug addicts and alcoholics can be known for making a mess. Their behavior is usually pretty nasty when they are brought into an Emergency Room after having overdosed. When brought in by the police they have either made trouble publicly are turned violent toward family members. Addicts on a bender make people anxious and angry.Read more Sunday, 19 December 2004 Uncharitable? New York Times: Uncharitable? By JONATHAN COHN Download PDF Margaret Loncar was about to leave her trailer home in Bridgeview, Ill., one April morning in 2003 when she noticed her 49-year-old husband, Michael, hunched over the side of the bed and coughing up fluid. Although he had battled a variety of lung and liver ailments for years, he seemed worse than usual, Margaret recalled not long ago -- bad enough, she thought, that he should get to the emergency room. Read more Wednesday, 09 June 2004 Crain's Chicago Business: Hospital's tax status under fire Crain's Chicago Business: Hospital's tax status under fire by Jeremy Mullman Download PDF Resurrection Health Care is ineligible for tax-exempt status because its activities aren’t charitable, according to two petitions filed with the Cook County authorities that were backed by a labor union trying to organize there. Read more This site is in no way connected with Resurrection Health Care, Inc. or any affiliate of Resurrection Health Care, Inc.