A leading advocacy group for the mentally ill declined to accept a $10,000 donation from Arbour Health System
Arbour Health System, the parent organization of embattled Pembroke Hospital, recently donated $10,000 to the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Massachusetts (NAMI) for its annual fundraising walk to be held May 14, 2016.
However, as reported by Chris Burrell in the Patriot Ledger, the Alliance returned the donation “after reading media reports about patient care and safety violations found by state regulators there and at other Arbour-owned facilities.”
NAMI Executive Director Laurie Martinelli stated in a 4/15/16 blog entry:
In light of recent events and media reports regarding Arbour Health System facilities, NAMI Mass decided to return Arbour’s 2016 Walk corporate sponsorship donation
Ms. Martinelli returned the check.
Wow.
Ms. Martinelli clearly wants to make a difference for the mentally illness of Massachusetts. Money isn’t the answer when it is donated by an organization that can’t take care of their own patients.
Thank You Ms. Martinelli, for your integrity and steadfast mission to improving the quality of life for those with mental illness and their families.
Sheila Wilson, RN BSN MPH
President stophealthcareviolence
www.stophealthcareviolence.org
Source:
NAMI
Patriot Ledger
The Boston Globe
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