Nurses and their supporters gathered exterior St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester at daybreak holding indicators that stated “Protected Staffing Now” and “Picketing for our Sufferers and our Group.”
The strike began after negotiations with Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, which owns the hospital, broke down.
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“We’re unhappy to see that Tenet holds so little worth for our sufferers, but we’re resolved to do no matter it takes for so long as it take to guard our sufferers, as it’s safer to strike now than permit Tenet to proceed endangering our sufferers on daily basis on each shift,” nurse Marlena Pellegrino, co-chair of the native bargaining unit of the Massachusetts Nurses Affiliation, stated in an announcement.
The hospital has about 800 nurses.
Nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., say they’re required to take care of 5 sufferers at a time, a tough job with COVID-19 precautions and care necessities. (Google Maps)
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Administration in an announcement Sunday stated they’re disillusioned in what they referred to as an irresponsible resolution to strike through the pandemic, and have sufficient non permanent nurses to make sure affected person security.
St. Vincent nurses say they’re required to take care of 5 sufferers at a time, a tough job with COVID-19 precautions and care necessities, whereas different hospital have a restrict of 4 sufferers per nurse.
