Registered nurses from Bakersfield Memorial, Mercy Hospital Downtown, and Mercy Southwest will hold a demonstration outside Mercy Hospital Downtown starting at 6 a.m. Thursday.
The California Nurses Association says the demonstration is meant to send a message to Dignity Health and its parent company, CommonSpirit Health, after 57 employees — including 33 nurses at Bakersfield Memorial — were notified they will be laid off in August.
Jess Guthrie Montes, who works in the emergency department at Bakersfield Memorial, said the cuts also include licensed vocational nurses, cardiac monitor technicians, and other support staff…