Nearly 5 months into nurse strike, St. Vincent Hospital limits services

After nearly five months of a union nurse ’s strike, Saint Vincent Hospital says it will begin scaling back both inpatient and outpatient services, calling the current situation "unsustainable." Starting next week, Saint Vincent will temporarily close 80 beds, including two of eight medical surgical beds and a surgical unit that represen ts 29% of the hospital’s medical/surgical capacity. It will also close a progressive care unit (25% of the hospital’s critical care capacity) and 10 inpatient…
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