CHOP Bosses Got Covid Rich But Did Nurses Get Raises?
By Sharon Devaney
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia paid CEO Madeline Bell a record $7.7 million in 2021, which included a $5.6 million bonus, which The Philadelphia Inquirer dutifully reported back in September.
This is more than CHOP spent on charity in three years. More than the hospital spent on charity care in 3 years.
Ms. Bell’s pay was the highest for CEOs in the Philadelphia area that year and the package was the largest ever received by an area health system CEO.
This was $2.3 million higher than second place Stephen K. Klasko, former CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health; and a whopping $7 million more than P Sue Perrotty of Tower Health, a retired banker and board member, who at $662,500, was the lowest paid of area health executives.
CHOP is the most profitable health system in the Philadelphia area.
We have heard the nurses and other front-line employees received no raises during the pandemic. Doesn’t that sound a tad unfair?
The Nurses were too busy doing ShitTok videos during covid lock downs, while the CEO was pushing Covid, WEF tactics. CHOP turned woke along time ago and they are no longer the #1 Children’s Hospital in the world. CHOP used to do many great things but they are becoming more and more woke for cash. I spent2 weeks in CHOP Main & Wood in the early 80’s. I watched more CHOP high rises with empty rooms be erected in South Philly in the past 4 decades like they are competing with Penn, and Jeff over money. Its no longer patient care…..its for profit health care not patient health care. The optical illusions with CHOP.
In defense of the failure to properly compensate the CHOP nurses, at least that is less reprehensible than forcing the untested and unsafe COVID mRNA shots on them at risk of losing their jobs.
Like so many other things that are completely inequitable, this is truly offensive. So many people work so hard on a regular basis, and especially those who serve the public and deserve to be better compensated. I see absolutely no justification for any single individual making this kind of money while so many of us are struggling.