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Nurses mull strike at Brigham over security
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2016/03/nurses_mull_strike_at_brigham_over_security
Dr. Michael J. Davidson
Nurses mull strike at Brigham over security
Lindsay Kalter Saturday, March 26, 2016
Worried nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital say they could strike as early as this spring if their complaints about lax security are not addressed in the wake of a surgeon’s murder last year.
“Nurses are getting attacked and doctors are getting shot,” said Trish Powers, an RN in the hospital’s trauma unit and chairwoman of the Massachusetts Nurses Association. “We haven’t had progress with the Brigham. They basically refuse to put anything in writing.”
Powers — who also cited this week’s bombings in Brussels as added concern — led the charge in January 2015 to increase security at the hospital after cardiac surgeon Dr. Michael Davidson was shot and killed by the son of a patient at the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center.
The union hired former superintendent-in-chief of the Boston Police Department Daniel Linsky to develop a security proposal, which involved a walk-through last October. Linsky was able to access a variety of areas in the hospital — including the operating suite — without being questioned, said members of the nurses union.