Demoralized NYS Public Employees Federation (PEF) Doctors, Nurses, Social Workers To Call for Resignation of Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Director
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 1:00PM NYC - For Inadequate Staffing, Lack of Resources & Hostile Work Environment Threatening Patient Care for the Mentally Ill
WHO: NYS Public Employees Federation doctors, nurses and social workers and Brooklyn elected officials (NYS Senator Eric Adams; NYS Assemblyman Karim Camara; NYS Senator Kevin Parker; NYS Assemblyman William Boyland and a representative from NYS Senator John Sampson’s office)
WHAT: To call for resignation of Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Director for inadequate staffing, lack of resources and hostile work environment which is threatening patient care
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) surveyors have picked up on the problems that management and the agency have allowed to occur; NYS stands to lose up to $22 million in Medicaid funding if it fails to correct problems cited in federal survey
WHEN: Friday, March 12, 2010 - Noon to 2 PM
*If management refuses to allow the media inside the Assembly Hall, Legislators and Union Leaders will be available for interviews beginning at 12:45 PM outside the facility.
WHERE: Kingsboro Psychiatric Center
681 Clarkson Avenue
Flatbush, Brooklyn