Good afternoon and thank you for joining us. Im andre senior and im claudine wong. Happening now nurses in Santa Clara County are officially on strike. They say hospitals in the county are asking them to do too much and not offering enough. Ktvu james torres explains how the two sides got to this point. Nearly 4000 nurses finished their shift early this morning and immediately took to the picket lines. Its all about ensuring Patient Safety and nurse safety. Strikes happening at a total of three area hospitals run by the professional registered nurses association. They say theyve not had a contract with Santa Clara County in months. Theyre demanding improvements in staffing, keeping nurses to just one hospital and improved security to prevent workplace violence. I was punched in the face by a patient simply because they were hungry and were upset that they couldnt eat anything, but it was doctors order because they were going to go in for surgery. And as a normal practice, youre not all
Frustrating. Weve been negotiating with them for eight months now, and so theyre taking to the picket line for a three day strike that forced the county to bring in outside nurses to replace them. About a thousand of them were flown in from around the country at a cost of 20 million. Unfortunately, weve now had to take money and put it towards this essential coverage, and thats money that we then dont have as a system. So far. Administrators say things are running smoothly at the countys three hospitals and over a dozen clinics, while some appointments were converted to video visits and some elective procedures were postponed, the Trauma Center and Emergency Department are open inside the hospital. It really feels and looks and seems as though business as usual, you know, the patients are getting the care that they need, the staff who have come to work seem very pleasant. Patients gave mixed reviews. Michelle ramirez was directed toward an outside an urgent care. It seems like the shor
Average performance usually earns a grade of C, but for the state water supply, it's an A plus because we are slightly above average with a historical snowpack for the Sierra and Trinity Mountain ranges.
Average performance usually earns a grade of C, but for the state water supply, it's an A plus because we are slightly above average with a historical snowpack for the Sierra and Trinity Mountain ranges.
Roadwork continues on Alabama 24 on Trinity Mountain but should be completed by this fall while work on West Morgan Road has yet to begin, leaving it closed indefinitely.