DOGE Goons Tried to Fire Emergency ICU Doctors at NIH
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Elon Musk’s cost-cutting agency tried to eliminate key medical personnel at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Summary

DOGE attempted to fire ICU doctors at the NIH Clinical Center, risking patient safety and prompting backlash from scientists and protesters.

The cuts would have eliminated critical “code blue” cardiac arrest teams, potentially forcing patient airlifts. Protests led DOGE to reverse course and reinstate fired medical staff, lab technicians, and blood bank workers.

However, many senior scientists face unpaid leave as contracts expire, and research is hindered by supply shortages.

Since Elon Musk took control, over 62,000 federal workers have been laid off.

  • TheGoddessAnoia@lemmy.caEnglish
    79·
    1 day ago

    So, of an estimated 348 million Americans, roughly 3 million, less than 1%, please note, work for the US federal government directly (the Armed Forces are a separate matter and a separate budget). Of those, DOGE has managed to lay off slightly over 2%, while spending 14.4 million dollars on its own operations in just the period of time between January 30 and February 8: after that, no figures have been released.

    Why do I keep hearing my Mom’s voice muttering Penny wise, pound foolish?

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
      47·
      24 hours ago

      It’s not even that.

      It’s all just another grift. They siphon off money through the new “department” under the guise of saving more money than they’re “spending” (pocketing). At best they’ll have fucked off to El Salvador with their lucre before any consequences catch up to them.

  • NeonNight@lemm.eeEnglish
    43·
    24 hours ago

    Holy shit imagine not having a “code blue” team at a hospital, that’s actually insane and would be completely unacceptable. Those patients would very likely not be able to make the transfer.

  • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
    30·
    23 hours ago

    We need to have the names of every doge psycho working under musk. Why are they allowed to be private/anonymous? Why isn’t anybody talking about it?

    • kerntucky@infosec.pubEnglish
      9·
      18 hours ago

      I doubt it’s “every” DOGE employee, but someone posted a list of names and email addresses a few days ago. It’s public information but reddit still removed it.