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COVID-19: 900 HealthCare Workers Have Died Not Counting Those
Disabled. Only One Doc. Is Tracking:
https://www.wfla.com/8-on-your-side/investigations/doctor-documenting-all-health-care-workers-killed-by-covid-19-data-no-agency-is-accurately-tracking/
In Memoriam: Healthcare Workers Who Have Died of COVID-19 --A
listing of all the workers who have died .
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/927976
Medscape: US betrays healthcare workers
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/927811
More than 9,000 U.S. health-care workers have been infected with the
coronavirus CDC report details how a Solano County, Calif., patient
exposed 121 hospital staff, kicking off one of first-known cases of
workplace transmission in the country
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/
14/coronavirus-healthcareworkers-infections/
Healthcare Workers In N.H. Make Up A Quarter Of All COVID-19 Cases
https://www.nhpr.org/post/healthcare-workers-nh-make-quarter-all-covid-19-cases#stream/0
Beaumont has 1,500 workers with coronavirus symptoms, including 500
nurses
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/
detroit/2020/04/06/beaumont-workers-coronavirus-symptoms-nurses/2959250001/
734 Henry Ford workers test positive for COVID-19; Beaumont has
1,500 ill employees
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/
michigan/2020/04/06/over-600-henry-ford-health-workers-test-positive-covid19/2955929001/
Worker
Safety
Anguished nurses say Pennsylvania hospital risked infecting cancer
patients, babies and staff with covid-19
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/
11/amid-chaos-anguished-nurses-say-pennsylvania-hospital-risked-infecting-cancer-patients-babies-staff
Worker
Retaliation
Doctors and Nurses Beware: Hospitals Are Watching Your
Facebook
"Hospitals have long-standing policies barring staff from speaking
to news media or requiring them to be accompanied by a public
relations officer when they do. Arthur Caplan, a bioethics professor
at NYU School of Medicine in New York City, said that extending
these policies to social media sites raises ethical and moral
questions."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-06/doctors-and-nurses-beware-hospitals-are-watching-your-facebook
Hospitals Tell Doctors They’ll Be Fired If They Speak Out About Lack
of Gear
"Hospitals are threatening to fire health-care workers who publicize
their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic -- and have
in some cases followed through."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-31/hospitals-tell-doctors-they-ll-be-fired-if-they-talk-to-press
Coronavirus in NJ: Jersey Shore hospital nurse fired as
dispute over protective equipment flares
"The Health Professionals and Allied Employees leaders filed
complaints against Hackensack Meridian Health, which owns Jersey
Shore, accusing the company of retaliating against Adam Witt, who,
they said, was merely voicing the concerns of many of his
colleagues."
https://www.app.com/story/news/health/2020/04/07/
coronavirus-nj-jersey-shore-hospital-nurse-fired-dispute-protective-equipment/2963609001/
A Nurse Bought Protective Supplies
for Her Colleagues Using GoFundMe. The Hospital Suspended Her.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/a-nurse-bought-protective-supplies-for-her-colleagues-using-gofundme-the-hospital-suspended-her/ar-BB12hQyq
Nurse says she was suspended after
refusing to treat coronavirus patients without a mask.
CDC, nursing unions clash over
mask policy
Courier Jounral:
"Maggie Roetker, Norton Healthcare’s director of
public relations, said its hospitals have followed guidelines from
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the “right mask
for the right task.”
Citing a national shortage of N95 masks, the CDC last month said
they should be reserved for the riskiest situations, such as
intubations and respiratory treatments, where fine aerosol is likely
to be generated, and that looser-fitting surgical masks be used for
routine care. Nursing unions strongly opposed the relaxed
guidelines. Until the change, CDC recommended that health care
workers interacting with coronavirus patients or suspected cases
wear N95 respirators, along with gowns, gloves and eye protectors. "
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020
/04/07/nurse-says-she-punished-refusing-work-without-n-95-mask/2960519001/
Frightened Doctors Face Off With Hospitals Over Rules on Protective
Gear
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/health/hospitals-coronavirus-face-masks.html
Hospitals Tell Doctors They’ll Be
Fired If They Speak Out About Lack of Gear
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-31/hospitals-tell-doctors-they-ll-be-fired-if-they-talk-to-press?fbclid=IwAR3BEq3ZSZ9mcworEwdt4UrpdkWIpOH7TN2HWW0fios3PaaVHAxboCFUeBU
Workers Compensation & Sick Leave
Nurses, doctors exposed to COVID-19 who miss work may lose their job
under aid bill
Hospitals and other facilities could deny leave because of
coronavirus-related emergencies
https://www.rollcall.com/2020/03/18/nurses-doctors-exposed-to-covid-19-and-miss-work-may-lose-their-job-under-aid-bill/
Shortage of Nurses &
Doctors
Staff of overrun N.J. hospital breaks down in tears after
EMS comes to its rescue
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/staff-of-overrun-nj-hospital-breaks-down-in-tears-after-ems-comes-to-its-rescue.html
Detroit nurses told to leave after asking for more staffing.
https://www.facebook.com/arabianking313/videos/10222759815166354/
Shortage of Supplies:
America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again.
July 8, 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/
2020/07/08/ppe-shortage-masks-gloves-gowns/
Inspector general finds hospitals face 'severe' shortages of needed
coronavirus supplies. April 6, 2020.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/491303-inspector-general-finds-hospitals-face-severe-shortages-of-needed
Whitaker B. Sick doctors, nurses and not enough equipment: NYC
health care workers on the fight against the coronavirus. Sixty
Minutes. April 12, 2020.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/personal-protective-equipment-ppe-doctors-nurses-short-supply-60-minutes-2020-04-12/
How Did the U.S. End Up with Nurses Wearing Garbage Bags?
The New Yorker:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/the-coronavirus-and-how-the-united-states-ended-up-with-nurses-wearing-garbage-bags
American Association of Critical-Care: Lack of PPE Poses
Clear and Present Danger
https://www.aacn.org/newsroom/lack-of-ppe-poses-clear-and-present-danger
Hospitals 'burning
through' PPE to fight the coronavirus turn to 'extreme measures'
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/03/28/coronavirus-hospitals-turn-extreme-measures-find-ppe/2925721001/
How a shortage of face masks at KY hospitals makes some nurses feel
like ‘collateral’
https://www.kentucky.com/news/coronavirus/
article241684456.html
NYC nurses, clutching photos of dead
colleagues, demand better protective gear on pandemic’s front line
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-coronavirus-protests-nurses-20200403-xueyxkt4fjb4tfwcrrajht5sim-story.html
Protect ‘healthcare heroes’ from COVID-19, urges UN rights expert
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/03/1060502
Attacks on Nurses Out of Fear They are Spreading Coronavirus.
https://abc7chicago.com/6074852/
https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/coronavirus-australia-nsw-nurses-share-horror-stories-of-abuse-at-supermarkets-c-957463
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