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FOR THAT.
NURSES AT THE VA HOSPITAL
IN LA HOYA HELD A RALLY TODAY
DEMANDING MORE PROTECTIONS AS
THEY WORK TO TREAT COVID-19
PATIENTS, FOX FIVE'S JASON
SLOSS JOINS US LIVE WITH WHY
THEY SAY THE HOSPITAL THIS IS
NOT DOING ENOUGH TO HELP KEEP
THEM SAFE. JASON.
YEAH THIS RALLY OUTSIDE THE
SAN DIEGO VA MEDICAL CENTER
INCLUDED HEALTH CARE WORKERS
JUST ASKING FOR HELP SAYING
THEY NEED BETTER PROTECTION IN
THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
CLAIMING THEY'RE NOT GETTING
ALL THE GEAR THEY NEED TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES THE
PATIENTS AND OTHER STAFF.
THEY'RE WONDERING WHY THE
SUPPLIES ARE BEING WITHHELD
FROM THEM I DO BELIEVE THEY'VE
BEEN RATIONED. I DO WORK ON
THE MOVIE GET MYSELF IF IT
WERE EASY TO GAIN IN ANY
STRAIGHTER THAN. I IMAGINE ALL
OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD HAVE
WON BY NOW A GROUP OF HEALTH
CARE WORKERS LINED UP ON THE
SIDEWALK OUTSIDE THE SAN DIEGO
VA MEDICAL CENTER AND KEEPING
SOCIAL DISTANCE WITH A
LUNCHTIME RALLY COMING ON
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY ALSO
KNOWN AS MAY DAY.
NURSES HERE SAY THEY ARE
WORKING NONSTOP, TREATING
CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS ALONG
WITH OTHER PATIENTS IT OFF AND
DOING SO WITHOUT SUFFICIENT
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
OR PPE ESPECIALLY THE N 95
MASKS ALONG WITH GLOVES AND
OTHER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.
NURSES CLAIM THE EQUIPMENT IS
RATIONED AND KEPT UNDER LOCK
AND KEY THEY ALSO SAY NURSES
AT TIMES ARE NOT NOTIFIED WHEN
THEY ARE EXPOSED TO COVID-19
PATIENTS AND OTHER STAFF,
THEIR UNION NATIONAL NURSES
UNITED IS DEMANDING THE STAFF
BE PROVIDED WITH SUFFICIENT
PPE DOCTOR ROBERT SMITH, THE
MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR VA SAN
DIEGO HEALTHCARE STAFF SHOULD
HAVE ALL THE PROTECTIVE GEAR
NECESSARY AND THAT THERE'S NO
NEED FOR RATIONING. I'M
CONFIDENT THAT OUR SYSTEMS ARE
STRONG, BUT IF THERE'S
OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO MAKE
THEM BETTER.
MAKER NURSING STAFF FEEL
MORE COMFORTABLE AND MORE SAFE
THAN WE WANT TO DO THOSE
THINGS TOO.
HE SAYS THE VA IS STOCKED
WITH PPE SO HEALTH CARE
WORKERS SAY THEY'RE GLAD TO
HEAR THAT AND THEY'RE EAGER TO
SIT DOWN WITH THE A LEADERSHIP
TO MAKE SURE CHANGES ARE PUT
INTO PLACE LIVE IN THE HOY
