University of Maine Patient Safety Petition

Summary

An examination of our local community hospital (2nd largest in the state of Maine) and a petition to hopefully spark discussion and change.

Content

Setting and context

A petition trying to deal with a culture of fear and silence which is becoming commonplace at many hospitals worldwide. When it comes to raising questions about the quality of care many healthcare workers are being removed from their positions.

Implementation

We have an ongoing petition, and would appreciate people who actually care about patient safety and the brave healthcare workers who sacrifice their careers to attain it, to take a few seconds to sign it:

Petition · The Good Doctor · Change.org

Impact

The challenge in implementing this petition is apathy by the public at large.

Next steps

Our ultimate goal is that enough online supporters pressure the media and eventually the hospital to address this situation.