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UAPD Updates

UAPD Pulse – State Budget

Stuart A. Bussey, MD, JD | You have no doubt heard about the Governor's budget which includes a 54 billion dollar deficit and a 10% proposed cut to all state employees, including yourself. I have already heard from some of you and share your concerns. The union does...

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Hospital staff protest, ask for CEO to step down

Hospital staff protest, ask for CEO to step down

By Donovan Quintero, Native Times Doctors like Director of Community Medicine at RMCH Caleb Lauber, a Diné physician who’s been practicing for 27 years, said he was concerned while he joined the protest. Dr. Sandra Robinson at RMCH protests on Friday in Gallup....

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Unsafe, understaffed, overwhelmed

By Nick Pachelli, Searchlight New Mexico In the past two weeks, one COVID-19 patient died following what several staff physicians described as gross mismanagement by health care workers at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital. Another patient suffered severe brain...

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UAPD Stops Clinic from Eliminating COVID Exposure Protections

One afternoon in late March 2020, pharmacists working at a Los Angeles County outpatient center were abruptly informed that to keep patients from entering the building, pharmacy operations would be moved into small tents outdoors the next day, eliminating the glass...

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Ventura County Recognizes UAPD Doctors and Providers

It took 10 years of legal and political maneuvering, but last week Ventura County officials informed UAPD that it will be recognized as the exclusive representative of approximately 119 providers in multiple Ventura county clinics. Bargaining will commence the first...

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