By Herald Reporter - 24 December 2020
READY TO ROLL: Munir Jeeva with critical PPE being loaded for distribution to Bay health-care facilities Image: Supplied
Nelson Mandela Bay’s Musa Jeeva Foundation on Wednesday announced the donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) to support Eastern Cape health-care facilities and workers as hospitals gear up for the coronavirus second wave.
Munir Jeeva, Afri Save Cash and Carry CEO and Musa Jeeva Foundation trustee, said the PPE would be donated to Nelson Mandela Bay hospitals and health-care facilities in the rural periphery of the metro, notably, the Sarah Baartman municipality.
The PPE donation includes 9,000 units of hand sanitiser, 4,900 face shields, 3,600 blue disposal theatre gowns, 40 metal hand sanitation stands, 450 electronic thermometers, 9,000 mop caps, 800 shoe covers, 50,000 units of hand soap, and 2,500 units of 2kg washing powder with a combined value of R1.3m.
Healthcare union president accused of embezzling thousands
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
The president of a Muskegon-based union for healthcare workers is accused of embezzling, court records said. (MLive File Photo)Cory Morse file photo | For MLive.com
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MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – The president of a Muskegon-based union for healthcare workers is accused of using dues for personal expenses and international travel.
Hasan Zahdeh, 50, of Muskegon, is named in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids alleging embezzlement of union funds.
Zahdeh was the only one with access to funds belonging to the Michigan Union of Healthcare Workers, Sarah Pons, a senior investigator for the U.S. Department of Labor, wrote in the complaint.
Neighbors decorate âShirleyâs Treeâ to honor health care workers
On the afternoon of Nov. 27, Jenny LaBelle pulled out of the driveway of her home on Galen Drive in Wyoming to begin her half-hour trek to work.
And thatâs when Operation Shirleyâs Tree swung into action.
LaBelle serves as a cardiac telemetry nurse at M Health Fairview St. Johnâs Hospital in Maplewood. As a tribute to her â and as an homage to health care workers everywhere â LaBelleâs neighbors on Galen Drive decided to decorate what LaBelle calls âShirleyâs Tree,â a large fir rooted right on the property line between the LaBelle family house and that of the late Shirley Toronto, who passed away in October 2019.
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital & Medical Center respiratory therapists whose skills and training place them squarely in the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic are describing increasingly untenable work conditions as the facility struggles against its capacity to admit and treat COVID-19 patients.
Concerned about urgent safety issues that have so far gone unaddressed as the patient census continues to rise, employees reached out to representatives from the National Union of Healthcare Workers to intervene on their behalf.
“We had a call with therapists over the weekend, who said we need to sound the alarm,” said Barbara Lewis, NUHW’s Southern California hospital division director. “Our members see how bad it is right now. There needs to be a breakthrough because this is not sustainable.”