The nurses’ union at Worcester’s Saint Vincent Hospital claims issues with patient care — such as inadequate staffing and restrictions to IV fluids — are putting patients’ lives in danger and even resulted in two deaths this fall. The hospital, however, admonished the claims as “disrespectful” negotiating tactics.
In a formal 18-page complaint filed on Dec. 3 to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Joint Commission, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the state’s Board of Registration in Nursing, nurses at Saint Vincent and the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) allege the current conditions at the hospital are continuing to deteriorate and are compromising patient safety, according to a press release Monday from the MNA.
