Charlotte county nurses held a protest Wednesday, demanding more protective equipment within the hospital.
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THE CENTER SAYS STAFFWHO CARED FOR THAT PATIENT ARENO SELF-ISOLATING FOR 14 DAYS.HOSPITALS ARE AT THE EPICENTEROF THIS CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC --AND THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES AREHAILED HEROES.BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY -- WE’REHEARING THAT THOSE CLOSEST TOTHIS ILLNESS... DON’T HAVEENOUGH PPE LIKE GLOVES AND MASKSTO HELP KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE.SOME NURSES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTYSAY ITS GOTTEN SO BAD AT THEIRHOSPITAL -- THAT THEY HAD TOSPEAK UP ABOUT IT.FOX 4’S ROCHELLE ALLEYNE SPOKEWITH THEM-- AS THEY TOOK PART INA NATIONWIDE PROTEST -- TODEMAND BETTER PROTECTIVE GEAR.12-16NURSES ARE USED TO CARING FOROTHERS NEEDS --BUT AT FAWCETT MEMORIAL HOSPITALSOME ARE SAYING THAT THEIR *OWNNEEDS ARE BEING NEGLECTED IN ADANGEROUS WAY.((June Phillips//FawcettMemorial Hospital Nurse))"If nurses aren’t protected fromthe virus, then our patients cannever be protected."THEY SAY THEY’RE RUNNING LOW ON-- OR ARE NOT GIVEN ENOUGH OF --THE PROPER TOOLS LIKE MASKS,GLOVES AND GOWNS TO TREATPATIENTS.INSTEAD THEY SAY THEY’RE BEINGFORCED TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS--((Anonymous//Fawcett MemorialHospital Nurse))"When you’re done with the mask,you’re to place in a baggy sothey can recycle it."WITH 24 CONFIRMED CASES OFCOVID-19 IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY --AND MORE EXPECTED -- THESENURSES PROTESTED OUTSIDE OF THEHOSPITAL WEDNESDAY -- ASKING FORTHE PROPER PROTECTION TO TREATTHEIR PATIENTS.((Cynthia Butler//FawcettMemorial Hospital Nurse))"You just constantly, you’rescared."IN AN EMAIL ON MARCH 9 -- ASPOKESPERSON FOR THE HOSPITATOLD FOX 4 THAT THEY WEREPREPARED TO "HANDLE POTENTIALISSUES RELATED TO COVID-19."TODAY -- I ASKED THEM IF THEYSTOOD BY THAT CLAIM AND THEYSAID THEY DID.WHEN I ASKED THE NURSES WHATTHEY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT -- THEYHAD *THIS TO SA((June Phillips//FawcettMemorial Hospital Nurse))"I’ve been a nurse for over 25years and I have never had toresuse masks.And if in asituation like this where we’reresuing masks, how could it bethat we have all the sup
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