Comments on: WakeMed Supports Haiti Relief Efforts http://wakemedvoices.org/2010/01/wakemed-supports-haiti-relief-efforts/ Discussing health care issues in our nation and community Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:52:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dena http://wakemedvoices.org/2010/01/wakemed-supports-haiti-relief-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Dena Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:51:37 +0000 http://wakemedvoices.org/?p=717#comment-427 To say that WakeMed is helping in the relief of Haiti by being in partnership with the Red Cross... well, it feels like to me, we're 'passing the buck'. Just a suggestion........... I think it'd be a good idea for WakeMed to put out an email, encouraging folks to sign up for extra shifts (much like we did for flu call-outs), even be willing to pay overtime, for maybe a month or 2... to allow docs/nurses/techs who are able to take a month or 2 off w/out pay, to go down to Haiti to help out. I've heard that American Airlines is willing to fly docs/nurses down there for free. If WakeMed encouraged our personnel to do this, I think there'd be a good response. Also... I feel this would be a win/win situation for WakeMed... good PR for the 'organization', allowing folks to lend a hand in a time of great need, & having a specific hand helping an impoverished, desperate country. To say that WakeMed is helping in the relief of Haiti by being in partnership with the Red Cross… well, it feels like to me, we’re ‘passing the buck’.

Just a suggestion……….. I think it’d be a good idea for WakeMed to put out an email, encouraging folks to sign up for extra shifts (much like we did for flu call-outs), even be willing to pay overtime, for maybe a month or 2… to allow docs/nurses/techs who are able to take a month or 2 off w/out pay, to go down to Haiti to help out. I’ve heard that American Airlines is willing to fly docs/nurses down there for free. If WakeMed encouraged our personnel to do this, I think there’d be a good response. Also… I feel this would be a win/win situation for WakeMed… good PR for the ‘organization’, allowing folks to lend a hand in a time of great need, & having a specific hand helping an impoverished, desperate country.

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