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Resident doctors and county behavioral-health staff press supervisors on staffing and safe-scheduling at Paradise Clinic
Summary
Multiple resident doctors and county behavioral-health workers told the Board they face staffing cuts at Paradise Clinic (Golden Valley/VCME), 24‑hour shifts and retention problems; speakers asked supervisors to press VCME and Golden Valley for fair contracts and safe scheduling.
A group of resident doctors and county behavioral-health staff urged the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 21 to intervene after staffing and scheduling changes at the Paradise Clinic, which residents said Golden Valley Health Centers took over about a year and a half ago. Several speakers described the residency program shrinking from 36 to 24 positions and said the resulting schedules have produced 24-hour shifts, >80-hour workweeks, sleep deprivation, accidents and poorer continuity of patient care.
Herbert Baines, a physician working for the Valley…
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