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Big Bay Area Hospital Strikes: Who Will Be Affected and Why

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It's not a great time to get sick in the Bay Area. Workers are planning a strike at University of California San Francisco and the four other UC medical centers up and down the state Tuesday and Wednesday, May 21 … Continue reading »


Are Hospital Patients at Greater Risk During a Nurses' Strike?

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Last Saturday, Judith Ming, a 66-year-old patient at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, died due to an error committed by a replacement nurse. The nurse was on duty because the hospital, which had five-day contracts with substitutes for regular nurses … Continue reading »