‘This Is A National Disaster’: OC Nurses Staging Wednesday Walkout Over New State Staffing Mandates Syndicated Local – CBS Los Angeles
COSTA MESA (CBSLA) With local hospitals overwhelmed by the latest COVID-19 surge, nurses are reaching their breaking point.
“This is a national disaster,” one nurse said. “Once the healthcare falls, wiped out, there’s no coming back.”
The veteran Orange County emergency room nurse did not want his name to be shared, but he wanted to let people know what it has been like in area hospitals.
“I grew up in a war-torn place, and this is the most scared [I’ve been] in my life and in my career,” he said.