Nurse Claims Supervisors Retaliated Against Him After He Pushed To Get Zuckerberg Dropped From Hospital Name
Sasha Cuttler has been pushing to get Mark Zuckerberg's name dropped from the hospital, saying Facebook’s past handling of user consent and privacy could put the privacy of the hospital’s patients at risk. Cuttler gained an ally last year in San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who is asking the city attorney to look into a legal procedure for removing.
San Francisco Chronicle:
Nurse Accuses Zuckerberg SF General Hospital Of Retaliation After Push For Name Removal
A nurse at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital who has urged hospital administrators to drop Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s name from the institution said he filed complaints with state and federal labor boards Tuesday, accusing the hospital of retaliating against him for opposing the Zuckerberg name. The nurse, Sasha Cuttler, retained Washington, D.C., attorney Debra Katz to file the complaints with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the California Department of Industrial Relations. (Ho, 1/8)
In other hospital news —
Los Angeles Times:
Vote On Keeping USC Hospital Union Could Come Within Weeks, Employee Says
A vote on whether or not to keep a healthcare workers’ union at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale could come as early as the end of the month, according to an employee who filed for the action. Since October, surgical buyer Andrew Brown has been fighting to dissolve the union formed three years ago, when he filed a petition that was rejected by the National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, because it arrived two days too late. (Seidman, 1/8)
Ventura County Star:
Auditors Cite 42 Internal Controls Issues But No Fraud At VCMC
Auditors have pointed to dozens of concerns about fiscal safeguards at Ventura County Medical Center, tying the issues to the tone set by top leadership. The four-month, $100,000 audit was conducted to examine whether the Ventura County Health Care Agency had adequate internal controls in force for the medical center in the last fiscal year. Internal controls are checks and balances that ensure accurate financial reporting, prevent and detect fraud, and substantiate that rules and laws are being followed. (Wilson, 1/8)