![]() ![]() Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor on Monday issued a cease and desist letter to Ascension, after the Catholic healthcare group reportedly suspended an unspecified number of employees who did not receive a COVID-19 vaccine before a Nov. Download our free app for Apple, Android and Kindle devices.Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor.Stay in touch with us anytime, anywhere. Oklahoma Wildlife Department urges Swifties to turn in their exes.9-year-old boy dies from injuries sustained in Astroworld Festival.DOWNLOAD the 2 News Oklahoma app for alerts.John tells 2 News they are communicating directly with associates and employees about their shifts and employment. Patients and their loved ones should have that peace of mind."Īscension St. will either be vaccinated or be complying with additional infection prevention protocols. "We want patients to be assured and comforted with the knowledge that our doctors and nurses, other clinicians and associates. However, I’ve had COVID, and I’ve had active antibodies and my antibody levels are actually higher than some of my vaccinated co-workers so it really doesn’t make sense that I'm an increased risk,” she said.Īscension St. “I feel betrayed, I feel kind of a sense of discrimination because they’re saying that I’m an increased risk to the patients. ![]() Laura Dobbins also echoed her frustration. “Yes, many people put in exemptions, and from a Catholic hospital, you would have thought that you would see more acceptance of those religious exemptions, but even medical exemptions they are not accepting,” Keeline said. John employees submitted medical and religious exemptions but they were denied. I have the ability to not stay, but many don’t and they’re doing something to themselves that they totally think it’s not the right thing for them for whatever reasons,” Keeline said. “Whatever your reason is, you have a right to make that decision, it’s made me really sad. She worked at the hospital for 17 years, but left her job last month after she said she was forced to choose between her job and her personal freedoms. Keeline was among the dozens who protested the St. This is a win for religious freedom and our office will continue to fight against unlawful religious discrimination.” “This evening, the Tulsa District Court granted the State’s Application for Temporary Restraining Order in our case to keep Ascension Healthcare from carrying out its plan to fire employees who were unfairly denied religious exemptions from their nationwide COVID-19 vaccination mandate. The Attorney General released the following statement: ![]() “I know that many people are so dissatisfied now with Ascension that they wouldn’t go back,” Keeline said.Ī temporary restraining order filed by Attorney General O'Connor and approved by a Tulsa District Judge could now keep them from losing their jobs. John healthcare workers whose jobs were on the line for not meeting the vaccine requirements by their health network. "It makes me feel like maybe there's hope," Mona Keeline said.Ī glimpse of hope for hundreds of Ascension St. John employees gathered outside of the hospital Friday to protest the mandatory vaccine mandate before the judge granted the temporary restraining order. ![]() A Tulsa District Court Judge blocked Ascension Healthcare from firing unvaccinated workers who filed religious exemptions.ĭozens of St. ![]()
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