Thursday, June 28, 2007

Dallas nurses announce ‘Scrubs for SiCKO’ campaign in conjunction with Michael Moore’ film

By Pegasus News wire

DALLAS — A group of Dallas nurses from the NNOC Texas Metropolitan Committee is planning their "Scrubs for SiCKO" campaign for June 29, the opening night of Michael Moore's new movie "SiCKO." This national campaign is lining up nurses and doctors for opening-night showings of the movie in theaters across the U.S. to talk to moviegoers about how to solve the healthcare crisis -- and get the insurance companies, who are the source of a systemic denial of care, out of the way. NNOC Texas is hosting multiple events across the state. The Dallas event will feature a media availability at approximately 6:30, tabling throughout the evening, and a public discussion/Q & A after the 9:10 showing.

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It's unlikely that these nurses would get fired for anything, ever

What: Dallas RNs Announce "Scrubs for SiCKO" Campaign

When: Friday June 29th, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Angelika Film Center, 5231 E. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas

The California Nurses Association and National Nurses Organizing Committee is conducting the campaign with an unprecedented coalition of nurses and doctors organizations from coast to coast and is working on behalf of legislation, HR 676 in Congress, that would establish a single-payer type system which guarantees universal, comprehensive healthcare in the form of an improved and expanded Medicare for all. At last count, some 10,000 nurses nationally have signed up for the effort.

The Dallas event will also feature tabling and a media availability before the film, led by three nurses who were recently fired for protesting unsafe patient care conditions in their hospital. They were assigned to care for more intensive care unit patients than they were safely able to handle, and were fired for bringing the issue up with management. The issue of insufficient staffing for intensive care patients and the nurses firings is expected to be the subject of a variety of public and regulatory hearings.

While every screen around the country will have nurses in attendance, Dallas is one of nearly 100 cities that will also feature events leading up to the showing.

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Source: NNOC

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