Judge Rules Against Georgia Nurses: Athens Hospital Accused of Manipulating COVID-19 Test Results

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Nursing is hard enough without having to deal with this ...

These nurses are some very brave souls to fight the Hospital administrators, some doctors, and the government in this small Georgia hospital.

'I think the judge is wrong': Nurses lose against Athens hospital accused of manipulating COVID-19 test results

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Are you interested in ideas, advice or help for them now?

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Yes, please

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I wish I knew how, but don't know what happened. Have they tried the local media?

PS; I'm not an attorney.

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This is so very wrong. I'm glad they have an appeal pending.

There is documentation in the article that there were COVID-19 patients in the hospital: https://www.scribd.com/document/469408541/Affidavit-Confirms-Covid-19-in-Landmark-Hospital#download

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21 hours ago, ganurses123 said:

My advice is if you see something terribly wrong just ignore it or you’ll get sued and be fired by your employer. They have more money and more lawyers than you could even imagine. They will beat you down and make you regret becoming a nurse.

Your post hits home with me, ganurse.

Back in '15, I reported overt safety infractions, following the chain of command. Nothing was resolved. I reported the infractions to IDPH, OSHA, and JC and again, nothing was done.

I took it as, "Oh well, I've done what I could", CMA, and went on to be the best nurse I could be.

Then, earlier this year, I again followed the chain of command in reporting violations of the Code of Conduct, P&P, and Illinois statutes.

Long story short, I was recognized with a DAISY award in February and terminated in March over trumped up charges.

It is sad when bad things happen to conscientious message carriers.

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I think they should appeal the case to the next level and countersue the hospital for wrongful termination. I'm not an attorney though.

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1 minute ago, NurseBlaq said:

I think they should appeal the case to the next level and countersue the hospital for wrongful termination. I'm not an attorney though.

I have found that suing a hospital for wrongful termination is a viable option, NurseBlaq.

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They are appealing the case. The discussion is here:

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Great! I hope they keep going until they get a satisfactory result. There's no excuse for faking covid results.

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Threads merged for continuity.

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11 minutes ago, sirI said:

Threads merged for continuity.

THANK YOU!

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