Menifee Valley Medical Center Protest - June 18

Tomorrow, Wednesday June 18, at 11:30am, hospital workers with Valley Health System will gather at Menifee Valley Medical Center to protest against proposed layoffs.

A press conference is scheduled soon after at 12:00pm.

Valley Health System, which filed for bankruptcy protection last December, is looking to trim its budget by eliminating some more salaries.

At the rally, the workers, who are members of SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West, will unveil their plan to encourage the sale of Menifee Valley Medical Center.

Opinion

The sale of Menifee Valley Medical Center is something that I have suggested on this blog for years now. I'm glad to see the tide shifting towards this.

While Measure G failed last year (the initiative to sell VHS hospitals to Select Healthcare), voters in Menifee and Sun City largely supported it. It was voters in Hemet and San Jacinto, who bought into the anti-G paranoia, that defeated it.

And now look where we are.

If folks in Hemet still want their hospital mired in bankruptcy, let them. Menifee is a different community. I don't want our hospital being dragged down by their vote.