Sister Rita Johnson, an angel, has gone to heaven

 Sister Rita was the longtime Chaplin of Backus hospital. She was our strength and our hope, at work and outside of work. Always asking how we were, how our families were. Ask her to pray for someone and she’d ask their name, repeat it in her head, and say they were on her list. When I left the hospital for my current position I asked for and received a blessing from her. I kidded her that she was my “undercover nun” because she was the first sister I knew who didn’t wear a habit. An angel has gone home, but she will remain a part of us.

Victory at Windham Hospital

 This week, 2 years after Hartford HealthCare ended Labor & Delivery at Windham Hospital, the state of Connecticut ruled they did not have the right to do so, that it wasn’t in the best interest of patients, and that they must restart these services. 

So many people have been a part of this struggle lead by a community coalition, Windham United to Save our Healthcare. 

AFT Connecticut is proud to be a community member. 

It gives me great hope when people stand up and stand together against the profit before patients, students and public that seems, at times, to be so prevalent.

No doubt that HHC will continue to fight this decision, and who knows what the final outcome will be. One thing for certain, the community will stand together.