Please see below for the statement of Frank Borgers, Legislative Analyst for the National Nurses Organizing Committee.

Attached below are notes on the Legislation committee meeting of the Board of Commissioners, held on February 2nd

Janice Benson, The President of the Medical Staff of Stroger Hospital, AFSCME council 31, and the Doctors council, SEIU released statements on the proposed cuts in the Cook County Budget.  Attached below are the full statements

Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune, October 23, 2008, 

Health board seeks infusion
Cook system needs $103 million, more workers, chief says

The new independent board overseeing Cook County's vast public health system wants an extra $103 million next year and permission to hire more than 400 new workers.

The panel's chairman is defending the request as a needed first step before the troubled operation can be made more efficient, with fewer employees and more money collected from patients and their insurers.

Todd H.

Public meetings of the Board of Directors of the Health and Hospitals System will be held on the following dates

• Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 7:30 A.M.
• Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 7:30 A.M.
• Friday, December 5, 2008 at 7:30 A.M.
• Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 7:30 A.M.

Dave Newbart, Chicago Sun-Times, October 9, 2008Report: 17 percent of Cook Co. residents uninsured

What's not included in a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau on the uninsured is "even darker and more ominous,'' one local expert said.

The Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors held its fourth meeting on Thursday, August 7th. The following is a brief summary of the new Health Board's meeting:

David Small, Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, reported that the Illinois Department of Public Health had not reached a reaccreditation decision regarding the perinatal program at Stroger Hospital, due to concerns raised during previous evaluations that had still not been addressed.

The Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors held its third meeting on Friday, July 23rd. The following is a brief summary of the new Health Board's meeting:

Dr. Couture from Cermak Health Services tendered her resignation as the Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Avery Hart, a friend of the Emergency Network, was named as the Interim Chief.

Four more members were approved for the Cook County Board of Health on May 28th. The approved candidates were: Dr. David Ansell, Dr. Luis Munoz, Sister Sheila Lyne, and Warren Batts.

The confirmed 11 member board is as follows: