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Pa.’s largest nurses’ union accuses hospitals of misinforming state officials about protective equipment

The union says health systems are sitting on stockpiles of N95 respirators, leaving nurses without needed protection, as some hospitals restart elective procedures.

Maureen May, a nurse at Temple University Hospital and president of the PASNAP union, says her colleagues are making do with one surgical mask per day.
Maureen May, a nurse at Temple University Hospital and president of the PASNAP union, says her colleagues are making do with one surgical mask per day.Read moreCourtesy Maureen May / Courtesy Maureen May
    by Brett Sholtis of WITF
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