Rally against closing of U of C clinic - ABC Channel 7 News
“It started outside the clinc on East 47th st. The coalition of community members, workers, patients and students then marched to the U of C administration building. The clinic serves thousands of women, many of whom are on public aid. The group says they will continue to fight the closing. ‘We are entitled to these benefits in this community. We are the residents here. We have health care rights and none of us plan to go without a fight,’ said Deborah Taylor of Southside Together Organizing for Power.”
Protesters rally against U of C’s plans to shutter women’s clinic - Chicago Tribune
“The protesters, including students and community activists, marched from the clinic on 47th st about 10 blocks to the University of Chicago Medical Center. There pleas to keep the clinic open were tied to the broader national issue of expanding health insurance coverage to everyone.”
Protesters rally against U of C women’s clinic closure - ChiTown Daily News
“‘We believe this is part of the plan for transformation of the city, it’s part of the gentrification,’ said Deborah Taylor, a patient at the clinic. ‘The only people being impacted here are… the students here at the university, the workers at the university, the elderly, the blacks, the poor. There’s no reason for them to shut down the clinic or any other clinic in the community.’”
Clinic closure protested – Hyde Park Herald
“Protesters at the rally decried the closing of the clinic as part of a long-term plan by the university to shift funds from charity care to research… Evelyn Barnes, a former patient at the clinic, said she was disappointed the clinic would close…’Something needs to be done about the hospital system,’ she said.”
University of Chicago to Shutter Women’s Clinic - Chicago Tribune
“What it really means is that if you’re a young woman with a gynecological problem, you’ll be treated at a local clinic. And if you have private insurance, you’ll be treated at the University… Although much of the attention has focused on changes inside the medical center’s emergency room, the hospital’s restructuring is affecting other services that provide care for the poor.”
U of C Medical Center emergency room plans come under new fire - Chicago Tribune
“The American College of Emergency Physicians called for a Congressional investigation into the U of C initiative and whether it violates federal ‘patient dumping’ laws. “
E.R. Doctors condemn University of Chicago plan to divert patients- Chicago Tribune
“The medical center is reducing emergency care access to its local community”
U of C Layoffs Prompt Protest - ABC Channel 7
“News of layoffs at the University of Chicago Medical Center is not sitting well with union workers. Dozens walked a picket line… to protest the cut-backs.”
Laid off University of Chicago Workers Fighting Mad - Fight Back News
“STOP speaker Fred Payne supported the workers, telling them they were fighting for themselves and for patients like him. In addition to cutting jobs, the hospital announced plans to turn away more poor people who come to the emergency room… Most of the 80,000 patients that use the Emergency Room are African-American.”
