SHE'S BECOME AN ADVOCATE FOR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM SHE
SHARED HER STORY LAST NIGHT
DURING A SPEECH AT THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
COOK COUNTY HEALTH IS PLANNING
CUTS AND CONSOLIDATION SAYS IT
FACES A NEARLY 200 MILLION
DOLLAR BUDGET SHORTFALL.
WGN'S MARCELLA RAYMOND IS
LIVE AT PROVIDENCE SOUTHSIDE
WITH FOR OURSELVES.
HI BEN, GOOD NURSES UNION
SAYS THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO
CONSOLIDATE HEALTH SERVICES OR
CUT JOBS.
IT'S CRIMINAL THAT ON TOP OF
THIS THERE TALKING ABOUT
REDUCING SERVICES ON THE SOUTH
SIDE NURSES OUTSIDE PROVIDENCE
HOSPITAL WHERE RED MASKS THAT
SAY SAVE LIVES. THE RIGHT RALLY
TO STOP TO SOUTHSIDE CLINICS
FOR MERGING INTO PROVIDENT ON
51ST STREET. THEY SAY THE COOK
COUNTY BUDGET DECISION TO CLOSE
WOODLAWN CLINIC AND THE NEAR
SOUTH CLINIC IS GOING TO PUT
STRESS ON THEIR COMMUNITIES
CENTRALIZING THE SERVICES HERE
AT PROVIDENCE CAMPUS.
IS THE SAME AS RAISING
BARRIERS TO ACCESS TO THE
SERVICES NEEDED IN A PUBLIC
CRISIS I JUST ASKED THE COOK
COUNTY HOUSE SAYS IT'S NOT
PULLING BACK A COMMITMENT TO
THE SOUTH SIDE IN THE FUTURE OF
PROVIDENT.
A PRESS RELEASE SAYS THE
HEALTH SYSTEM IS DOING
EVERYTHING NECESSARY IN QUOTE
RE IMAGINING A NEW PROPHET IN
HOSPITAL. THIS COMES ON TOP OF
MERCY HOSPITAL CLOSING IN JUNE
OF NEXT YEAR. NURSING ADVOCATES
SAY TODAY THAT FACILITIES AND
SERVICES SHOULD NOT BE CUT
DURING A PANDEMIC WHEN THE
BLACK COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HIT
PARTICULARLY HARD WE'RE TIRED
OF THAT THIS INVESTMENT IN THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
FROM THE FOOD IS IS THAT WE
SEE ALL OVER TO THE CAUSTIC
CLOSING UP HOSPITAL COOK COUNTY
HEALTH SAYS THE PROPOSED MOVE
OF THE CLINICS TO PROFIT IT
WILL MEAN MORE SERVICES WITH
THE SAME DOCTORS AND ONLY JUST
A FEW MILES AWAY, BUT THE
NURSES UNION SAYS THIS WILL
MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR
PATIENTS TO ACTUALLY GET TO A
HOSPITAL.
AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE NEED
THEM THE MOST IS TO NEVER BE
ABOUT THAT THAT IS TO BE ABOUT
THE HUMAN BEING AND STAFF.
GOOD QUALITY CARE AND
SERVICES ANYONE ELSE. SO THE
COUNTY SAYS THE CHANGES ARE
ACTUALLY GOING TO ENHANCE
SERVICES TO PEOPLE ON THE SOUTH
SIDE BUT MANY OUT TODAY JUST
DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE
CASE.
