RNs to Quorum: Hospital must stay fully operational until new operator secured

Affinity Medical Center registered nurses applauded the decision by a Stark County Judge today issuing a temporary restraining order to keep the Massillon, Oh., hospital open for 120 days.

“We want to congratulate the hard work done in a short amount of time by Affinity RNs who have significantly contributed to this moment,” said Affinity RN Rose Ann Wilson.

Today, National Nurses United criticized the Trump Administration's plan to create a new division within the Health and Human Services Department that would promote discrimination by medical workers against a patient’s right to receive medical care under the cover of “moral or religious beliefs.”

“Nothing is more basic to the professional practice of nursing, and nurses’ bond with the public, than the commitment to protect and advocate for the rights of patients to receive the medical care they need, when and where they need it,” said NNU Co-President Jean Ross, RN.

In the wake of the Trump Administration decision this week to end the temporary protected status for over 200,000 Salvadorans living in the U.S., National Nurses United said today that it opposes the administration’s threats of deportation of an expanding list of Mexican, Central American and Caribbean immigrants in the U.S.