NANUET – An ad in a Rockland
County publication seeking a female LPN/RN for a West Haverstraw location
has prompted the agency involved – Interim HealthCare – to
apologize to the community at large, and to the “entire Haitian
community.”
The ad read that the company was looking for a “laid back nurse,
no Haitians.”
That has resulted in a letter of apology on Interim’s Hudson Valley
website stating that the ad in the Pennysaver “is totally unacceptable
and is offensive to us, and we know to all of you.”
A letter signed by Katherine McNally, RN., president of the company, said
they take this “seriously” and “have engaged an independent
third party to conduct a comprehensive review of what occurred.”
She said all policies and procedures will be reviewed to assure that it
will never happen again.”
She wrote that they have “already taken action and will continue
to do so.”
According to the company’s website, it provides home healthcare
in Orange, Ulster, Rockland and Sullivan counties.
