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Nurses at Massachusetts’ Saint Vincent Hospital on Strike over Ongoing Staff and Safety Concerns

HeadlineApr 28, 2021

In Massachusetts, nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester have been on strike for eight weeks to protest understaffing, nurse-to-patient ratios and cuts to support staff, which have jeopardized patient care and staff safety and caused over 100 nurses to leave the hospital. Saint Vincent Hospital is owned by Tenet Healthcare, the third-largest for-profit hospital company in the U.S.

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