Reeling from firings, Memorial Healthcare workers resist proposed law to expand hospital districts’ power

On Wednesday evening, the board of the Broward Health hospital system praised CEO Shane Strum and presented him a plaque for four years of leadership and accomplishments. “It’s been an incredible four years. The guy is just killing it,” said Broward Health Chair Christopher Pernicano.

At the same time that evening, employees at Memorial Healthcare System, where Strum became interim CEO in September, launched a petition on Change.org accusing him of “dismantling Memorial from the inside.”

Bills HB 1253 and SB 1518 before the Florida Legislature that would create a virtual merger between Broward Health and Memorial are fueling the tension…

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