Cliff Willmeng, a registered nurse at United Hospital in St. Paul, said he was harassed by hospital management and wrongfully terminated for raising concerns about the use of scrubs and other health issues for workers.
“I spoke to her and I asked her what was the holdup about giving us hospital-issued scrubs, because the whole point of having these things at a hospital is to contain infection,” said Willmeng.
Allina Health, which is part of the Allina Health System, provided the MSR with the following statement explaining their decision to terminate Willmeng and their scrub policy:
“Allina Health’s employees are the foundation of our organization.
Both Caauwe and Willmeng have numerous safety grievances against United Hospital outside the context of hospital-issued scrubs, including the use of N-95 masks.
“United Hospital didn’t write the narrative on this, but the more the staff are stepping up and trying to advocate for patient safety and workplace safety, the harder the pushback from management,” Willmeng asserted.
