News - Deborah Burger
OAKLAND, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest organization of registered nurses today called for broader, national action to promote containment and prevention of a broader swine flu pandemic. While welcoming the Obama administration's call on Congress Tuesday to allocate $1.5 billion for combating the virus, the 86,000 member California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee said more is needed to bolster a healthcare infrastructure badly eroded after years of neglect in the public safety net. "From SARS to avian flu to the current escalating outbreaks of swine influenza, it has become increasingly clear that we are risking a major catastrophe unless we act to restore the safety net, and devote the resources that are needed to protect the public," said CNA/NNOC co-president Deborah Burger, RN. The CNA/NNOC action plan includes: Reinstate the $870 million for pandemics that was cut from the economic stimulus bill.Recruit and mobilize teams of scien
By Josh Richman When the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee opens its convention today in Sacramento, it'll do so as a darling of the national labor movement.