Especially in California, people could experience delays in appointments or test results and even have medical procedures postponed after thousands of health care workers walked out.
Tag: Hospitals
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More Than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente Health Care Workers Begin Strike
The health system failed to reach a new contract agreement with some of its unionized employees, who have planned a three-day job action in Kaiser’s facilities in several states.
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In Hospitals, Viruses Are Everywhere. Masks Are Not.
Amid an uptick in Covid infections, administrators, staff and patients are divided over the need for masks in health care settings.
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Family of Irvo Otieno, Who Died in Custody in Virginia, Settles Suit for $8.5 Million
Lawyers for the family of Irvo Otieno say he died of asphyxiation after deputies and medical staff members piled on top of him at a psychiatric hospital in March.
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I’m an American Doctor. Here’s Why I Treat the Wounded Far From Home.
Work in a war zone is meaningful, but it can take a heavy psychic toll.