Former PeaceHealth nurses are accusing the Catholic nonprofit hospital operator of retaliating against its employees who complain about working conditions and patient safety.
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PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center is preparing for its sixth annual memorial service and hospice tree decorating.
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After COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ketchikan hit a record high last week, public health officials asked local officials to step up their public pandemic messaging.
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Hospital officials say they’re not sounding any alarms — there is adequate space, staff and protective equipment to deal with the influx.
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A senior executive at PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center has left her job abruptly and will relocate, the nonprofit said in an email to hospital employees.
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“When a system retaliates, like PeaceHealth Ketchikan did, against a nurse for voicing safety concerns, it creates a chilling effect in that other nurses and health care staff will not speak out in fear of retaliation from administration,” traveling nurse Marian Weber said. “And this can result in harm or death of patients and/or staff.”
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A statement from the hospital’s long term care administrator says all six people have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and were mildly symptomatic.
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“A lot of the issues in the past were basically communication issues. And frankly, there was nothing in our lease that required PeaceHealth … to communicate with us. And now there finally is,” Council Member Dave Kiffer said.
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