Posts

Showing posts with the label hospital

More than 7,000 nurses go on strike across 2 New York City hospitals

Image
More than 7,000 nurses across two hospitals in New York City walked off the job Monday morning demanding increased pay, better working conditions and more staffing. More than 7,000 nurse s at two hospitals in New York City went on strike early Monday morning demanding better pay, better working conditions and more staffing. The strike began at 6 a.m. after nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Harlem failed to reach an agreement with hospital administration during a bargaining session Sunday night, according to the New York State Nurses' Association. "These nurses are dedicated professionals who provide quality patient care under unimaginable conditions day in and day out that were exacerbated by the pandemic," Mario Cilento, president of the New York State AFL-CIO, a labor union, said in a statement Monday. "Now they are faced with the added challenge of short staffing that has reached critical levels and could compromise the...

Woman 'confined' in Florida hospital room after allegedly shooting terminally ill husband

Image
Police are "currently negotiating" with a woman who allegedly shot her terminally ill husband in his Florida hospital room on Saturday, authorities said. Police are "currently negotiating" with a woman who allegedly shot her terminally ill husband in his Florida hospital room on Saturday, authorities said. The Daytona Beach Police Department said midday Saturday that it had responded to a shooting at Advent Health Hospital. "Staff and patients have been removed from the area, our shooter is contained," the department tweeted. In this screen grab taken from Google Maps Street View, Advent Health Hospital is shown in Daytona Beach, Fla. Google Maps Street View Officers are now negotiating with the woman, who had confined herself to the hospital room, police said in a news release. No one else has been injured and the woman is "not seen as a threat to staff or patients," police said. MORE: 2 health care workers killed in Dallas maternity ward sh...