Prospect Medical said it stands behind its investment in the Waterbury community in the past several years. 'Prospect Medical Holdings does not care how their money-saving decisions affect the community of Waterbury.' 'They are basically trying to squeeze as much as they can out of Waterbury Hospital and they are not putting any money into the hospital,' said Frank Marcella, a registered nurse at Waterbury Hospital. The hospital is one of three facilities in the state Prospect Medical is looking to sell to Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health and one of the 16 hospitals nationwide affected by a recent ransomware attack on Prospect.Īll the clinical staff affected have been offered open positions within the company and 20 of the 26 total staff members affected have taken up new roles, Prospect Medical said.Ĭoncerns have been heightened that such cost-cutting practices may affect patient care at the hospital.

Patient care assistants are responsible for such tasks as blood work and monitoring patient vitals while surgical technicians work as part of a team delivering surgical care. The news follows the elimination of travel nurses in the hospital's emergency department, according to a Republican American report. Seventeen of the 26 are in clinical positions including patient assistants and surgical technicians while the remainder are non-clinical, Prospect said. Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings-owned Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital has notified 26 staff they will lose their jobs at the facility.

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