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47of74

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Wed Apr-15-09 01:28 PM
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Nurse called from surgery, laid off

Source: Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Dean Health System nurse was called out of surgery so a manager could tell her she was being laid off.

Dean Health said the surgery was minor and the patient wasn't affected, but the manager who summoned the nurse from surgery violated medical protocol.

Read more: http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=239966

Good ol' health care company management, reinforcing my total mistrust of them. A lot of these managers I wouldn't trust to remove a boil from my hind parts.

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Stuart G

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Wed Apr-15-09 01:29 PM
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1. Glad to see the "Dan Health System" supervisors..are

working overtime to do their jobs...real assholes.......

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OhioChick

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Wed Apr-15-09 01:37 PM
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2. Wow....

During surgery, no less. :wow:

K&R

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Posteritatis

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Wed Apr-15-09 01:58 PM
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4. Yeah, I can't get past "Wow" myself. Wow. (nt)

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biopowertoday

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Wed Apr-15-09 02:05 PM
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5. no words for this at all.

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valerief

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Wed Apr-15-09 01:57 PM
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3. For profit medical care, not for health medical care. nt

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biopowertoday

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Wed Apr-15-09 02:08 PM
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6. Dean Care is one of largest employers in the Madison area --or

at least one of them. They are a mainstay as I would say.

The Madison-based health care provider announced Wednesday that it planned to "immediately" lay off 90 employees

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47of74

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Wed Apr-15-09 02:10 PM
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7. That doesn't excuse what this guy did.

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biopowertoday

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Wed Apr-15-09 02:13 PM
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8. I was not excusing this incident at all. I was

also reacting to Dean laying off people immediately.

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Vidar

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Wed Apr-15-09 02:14 PM
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9. Profit uber alles in the USA.

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tomm2thumbs

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Wed Apr-15-09 02:50 PM
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10. I guess the manager will now be called out of the bathroom for their layoff - a mid dump dump

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Wed Apr-15-09 03:11 PM
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11. Bean counters.

When they get through cutting workers, cut them.

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