Posted on 04/20/2020 6:12:26 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The New York state nurses union filed lawsuits against the state and two hospitals Monday over what it says are unsafe working conditions and a lack of protective equipment.
The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) sued the New York Department of Health and two hospitals, Montefiore Medical Center and Westchester Medical Center, claiming they put nursess health and safety at risk.
NYSNA alleges in the suits that some nurses were not given impermeable gowns and personal protective equipment and nurses redeployed to hospitals other than those they normally worked at were not given sufficient training. The lawsuits say high-risk employees like pregnant nurses were not provided safe working conditions.
The lawsuit against the state department of health was filed in New York Supreme Court, New York County, and calls for Gov. Andrew Cuomos (D) to require direct care nurses receive at least one N95 respirator daily. NYSNA claims in the lawsuit that some New York nurses are being instructed to come to work sick.
NYSNA Executive Director Pat Kane said in a statement that more than 70 percent of the unions nurses are reporting exposure to COVID-19, and most have not been tested.
These lawsuits were filed to protect our nurses, our patients and our communities from grossly inadequate and negligent protections, Kane said. We cannot allow these dangerous practices to continue.
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New York nurses actually recognize Cuomo and New York are responsible and not Trump.
That's what I was thinkin' my own self. Surprised they are suing Comrade Cuomo and not Trump.
This is embarrassing. Even 3rd world countries would be better equipped sigh.
“...were not given sufficient training.”
These were student nurses without licenses and CEU requirements?
I certainly understand their frustration, but it is not reasonable to presume that a hospital can be prepared for every contingency.
I say this as someone who is still working in a high exposure position, who has been hospitalized twice and quarantined once, and have lung damage now because of it.
If the hospitals were not prepared to safeguard all staff, they should have only brought in those they could protect.
This is one of the reasons that there should be no CV lawsuit immunity.
Maybe they have a good case. My question is why is nursing unionized?
I understand the worries these nurses might have, but I would first look into the connection between union leadership and the lawyers they hired.
This sounds too much like The Sopranos.
You knew the scum- sucking union trash would have to exploit this crisis, like all good liberals.
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