Friday, May 06, 2011

Nurses To Rally At VJH Over Patient Overcrowding - Purple ribbon for big tree


Another effort to draw attention to the patient overcrowding at Vernon Jubilee Hospital takes place on Friday. Nurses and other staff will rally just outside the hospital around 12:30 pm. BC Nurses Union regional chair Christine Sorenson, who will be attending, says nurses at VJH face too many patients in less than adequate conditions. ``On the wards in the hospital we have patients sleeping in hallways or in alcoves with screens tucked around them for privacy,'' describes Sorenson. Nurses, says Sorenson, may be working on a daily basis with more patients than can comfortably and safely be provided with care.  The nurses will tie a big purple ribbon around a tree in front of the hospital, a symbol of their purple ribbon campaign to encourage the public to get involved in the debate.

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