A judge has approved a plan to ease staff shortages at two West Virginia
Kanawha County Circuit Judge Duke Bloom approved the plan for
the Department of Health and Human resources hospitals. In doing so, he
dismissed potential contempt charges against the department for failure to
comply with court orders.
The plan involves the William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital in Weston
and the Mildred Mitchell-Bateman
Hospital in Huntington
The plan also would institute a special hiring rate and
3-percent retention incentives each year, but would not include additional
incentives for years served.
