Prison Guards Without PPE Are Endangering Lives At Yuma Hospital, Nurses Say
Updated: Friday, January 1, 2021 - 11:48am Health care workers at the Yuma Regional Medical Center say guards from state prisons accompanying COVID-19 positive inmates are endangering the lives of staff and patients by entering the hospital without proper personal protective equipment. Corrigan Wright was employed as an intensive care nurse at the hospital. She said she has seen Arizona Department of Corrections Officers guarding inmates in the COVID-19 unit of the ICU while wearing only cloth masks. “If they are wearing a mask, it's the masks with happy faces on them or Nike symbols,” no...
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