25-year hospital security guard's firing after incident with patient upheld – Business Insurance
25-year hospital security guard's firing after incident with patient upheldBusiness InsuranceAnita Loyd, an African-American woman who was 52 at the time, had worked as a security guard for 25 years at Saint Joseph Mercy Oakland/Trinity Health Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan, according to Wednesday's ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of …
University lights the way for hospital energy savings (UCD)
As ambulances at a Vacaville hospital speed off to their next patient, an ultrasmart, energy-efficient system is lighting the way. Installed in partnership with the University of California, Davis, the lighting system now illuminates the emergency vehicle routes, parking lots and outdoor walkways of the NorthBay VacaValley Hospital. The system is reducing outdoor lighting energy use at the 24-hour site by 66 percent, saving about 29,000 kilowatt- hours annually — enough to offset the greenhouse gas emissions of 7.2 tons of waste. The project is the first comprehensive study of “networked adaptive” outdoor lighting for the health care sector…
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