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Coronavirus Florida: Hospital workers protest policy change they say puts them at risk

Palm Beach Post
Nurses and other workers demonstrate outside Palms West Hospital in Loxatchee April 23, 2020, calling for better personal protective equipment (PPE) against COVID-19. They say the company loosened PPE protocols which put caregivers, their families and patients at greater risk. Workers at three other HCA South Florida hospitals were demonstrating Wednesday or Thursday, University Hospital in Tamrac, Northwest Medical Center in Margate, and Kendall Regional.
Nurses and other workers demonstrate outside Palms West Hospital in Loxatchee April 23, 2020, calling for better personal protective equipment (PPE) against COVID-19. They say the company loosened PPE protocols which put caregivers, their families and patients at greater risk. Workers at three other HCA South Florida hospitals were demonstrating Wednesday or Thursday, University Hospital in Tamrac, Northwest Medical Center in Margate, and Kendall Regional.
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Nurses and other workers demonstrate outside Palms West Hospital in Loxatchee April 23, 2020, calling for better personal protective equipment (PPE) against COVID-19. They say the company loosened PPE protocols which put caregivers, their families and patients at greater risk. Workers at three other HCA South Florida hospitals were demonstrating Wednesday or Thursday, University Hospital in Tamrac, Northwest Medical Center in Margate, and Kendall Regional.
Nurses and other workers demonstrate outside Palms West Hospital in Loxatchee April 23, 2020, calling for better personal protective equipment (PPE) against COVID-19. They say the company loosened PPE protocols which put caregivers, their families and patients at greater risk. Workers at three other HCA South Florida hospitals were demonstrating Wednesday or Thursday, University Hospital in Tamrac, Northwest Medical Center in Margate, and Kendall Regional.
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"Heroes Work Here “ reads the sign outside Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee, where nurses and other workers demonstrated April 23, 2020, calling for better personal protective equipment (PPE) against COVID-19. They say the company loosened PPE protocols, which put caregivers, their families and patients at greater risk. Workers at three other HCA South Florida hospitals were demonstrating Wednesday or Thursday: University Hospital in Tamrac, Northwest Medical Center in Margate and Kendall Regional.
"Heroes Work Here“ reads the sign outside Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee, where nurses and other workers demonstrated April 23, 2020, calling for better personal protective equipment (PPE) against COVID-19. They say the company loosened PPE protocols, which put caregivers, their families and patients at greater risk. Workers at three other HCA South Florida hospitals were demonstrating Wednesday or Thursday: University Hospital in Tamrac, Northwest Medical Center in Margate and Kendall Regional.
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