The Bronx’s Montefiore Medical Center was the scene of a rally by its resident physicians on Wednesday, July 10.
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For its part, “Montefiore is deeply engaged in our current conversations with the Committee of Interns and Residents and we are committed to creating an agreement that honors the hard work of our house officers in a manner that is sustainable going forward,” the hospital center said in a prepared statement.
“We see increases in advertising budgets, which quadrupled over the course of like five years. We’ve seen CEO pay go up some 50% and residents didn’t even get a standard raise last year. And throughout all this expansion into wealthier communities, we have seen the closure and the restriction of care services provided within the Bronx …”
Dr. Clara Bertozzi told the rally: “We deserve financial resources to advance our goals for patient care. And we deserve an administration that will not outright dismiss our proposal for a strong commitment to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion among our trainees and faculty.
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