Every patient matters. America’s doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers signed scrubs and sent our personal messages to Congress to ask that they support reform of our broken health care system. CIR participated in the campaign throughout August and September, as well as the event outside Congress where 10,000 signed scrubs were delivered.
August 19, 2009
Los Angeles, CA: CIR launches Scrubs campaign with Local 721 at LAC+USC
Tabling with Local 721, collected a total of 53 signed paper scrubs.
August 20, 2009
Miami, FL: Jackson Memorial Hospital CIR Healthcare Reform meeting/discussion with L. Toni Lewis, MD and
Janetta Cureton. Signed 15 scrubs and reviewed current proposals for health care reform.
Santa Rosa, CA: Sutter Medical Center Santa Rosa
Signed 22 scrubs.
August 21, 2009
Queens, NY: CIR/1199 Scrubs signing at Jamaica Hospital
50 scrubs signed by CIR members.
Miami, FL: Jackson Memorial, Psychology Dept noon conference discussion on HCR
Dr. Akua Asare discussed health care reform actions. 15 Scrubs signed.
August 24, 2009
Brooklyn, NY: CIR/1199 Scrubs signing at Brookdale Hospital
200 CIR members signed scrubs.
Los Angeles, CA: CIR Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
CIR member signed 35 scrubs.
August 26, 2009
New Brunswick, NJ: CIR scrubs event at Robert Wood Johnson/UMDNJ
11-4. 30 scrubs were signed befroe the hospital's PR department closed it down.
Oakland, CA: CIR scrubs signing by residents in EM dept, Alameda County Highland Hospital
28 scrubs signed.
Miami, FL: CIR scrubs signing, Jackson Memorial, Family Medicine
10 scrubs signed.
August 27, 2009
New Brunswick, NJ: Scrubs signing at UMDNJ RWJ Behavioral Health Center
10 scrubs signed.
Miami, FL: Jackson Memorial, Internal Medicine with CIR power point presentation on health care reform
10 scrubs signed.
August 28, 2009
Newark, NJ: CIR Scrubs event with HPAE, AAUP at UMDNJ
34 scrubs signed.
Oakland, CA: CIR scrubs signing by IM residents at Alameda County Medical Center
25 scrubs signed with the help of CIR delegates Dr. Nick Nelson and CIR staff Julia, Ivy, and Heather.
August 29, 2009
Oakland, CA: CIR Western Regional Meeting
Health Care Reform Discussion with Anthony Wright of Health Access, Prescriptions for Change and Scrubs projects. Drs. L. Toni Lewis and Nailah Thompson participating. Scrubs signed by 50 CIR members from California and New Mexico
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August 31, 2009
Miami, FL: CIR scrub signing at Jackson Hospital, Florida.
20 scrubs signed.
September 1, 2009
New Brunswick, NJ: CIR/AMSA HCR discussion at RWJ/UMDNJ with Scrubs signing.
34 scrubs collected. CIR Communications Director Tim Foley conducted discussion. 75-80 med students attended and were mostly part of AMSA. Many students were undecided and had a lot of questions and were moved in support of HC Reform afterwards. A very positive NJ HC Reform event!
Miami, FL: Jackson Memorial - scrubs signing
20 scrubs collected.
Rhode Island: Brown University Medical Students and SEIU Scrubs signing.
Signed 15 scrubs.
September 2, 2009
Rhode Island: Rhode Island Scrubs Event - 1199NE members
Brown Medical students and doctors with Rep. James Langevin. Dr. L. Toni Lewis and SEIU VP Mary Kay Henry spoke with healthcare providers about healthcare reform at Women and Infants Hospital. About 30 scrubs were signed at the event.
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Miami, FL: Jackson Memorial - scrubs signing in cafeteria
Signed 20 scrubs.
September 4, 2009
Albuquerque, NM: CIR scrubs event a South Valley ABQ clinic with CIR resident doctors, nurses, technicians, and attending doctors.
September 10, 2009
New Brunswick, NJ: Scrubs signing
4 scrubs signed.
September 23, 2009
Thousands of signed medical scrubs carrying personal stories urging Congress to pass healthcare reform were delivered at a rally on Capitol Hill.
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That's 900 scrubs out of the 10,000 submitted to Members of Congress on September 23, 2009!!!