It’s not the first time PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center has been scrutinized by federal labor officials for allegedly retaliating against its workforce. The hospital was accused of violating federal labor laws on retaliation four times in 2015.
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Ketchikan sees its 14th COVID death as cases and hospitalizations remain high
All but two of Ketchikan’s recorded COVID-19 deaths have come since the start of August.
A Metlakatla man is charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting his brother
Tyler Henderson is listed in critical condition at Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage.
Senior Ketchikan medical executive abruptly leaves job amid retaliation allegations
The departure comes weeks after a former nurse filed complaints alleging she’d been retaliated against and fired for blowing the whistle on workplace safety and patient care.
A nurse says she was fired from Ketchikan’s hospital for reporting safety and patient care concerns
The nurse says she was fired four days after filing an internal ethics complaint on the hospital’s anonymous tip line.
Five residents died in COVID-19 outbreak at Ketchikan’s Pioneer Home
A total of eight people have died from COVID-19 in Ketchikan as of Wednesday, according to the community’s pandemic dashboard.
Streaming concerts, virtual hospital visits: Everyday life disrupted by Ketchikan’s pandemic surge
Some Ketchikan businesses have shut their doors, and community events have been canceled after emergency officials raised the community’s pandemic risk level to its highest level.
Independent doctors and nurses in Ketchikan say state’s vaccine plan left them out at first
A state health department committee tasked with setting priorities for vaccination, the Alaska Vaccine Advisory Committee, decided the first wave should go to hospital employees regardless of their position.
With COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon, the darkest day of the year could be brighter
Alaska state officials said they’re expecting about 35,100 doses of a vaccine from drugmaker Pfizer and BioNTech. It would receive about half that many of a separate vaccine from drug company Moderna.
Has Ketchikan seen ‘community spread’ of COVID-19? That’s a tough question.
Last Thursday, Alaska’s state epidemiologist said in a release that state health officials had “convincing evidence of community transmission” in Ketchikan, Anchorage and Fairbanks. But officials in Ketchikan disagreed.