When patients and visitors walk through the entrance at Milford Regional Medical Center they’re met with a warning: If “unwelcome” words and actions are expressed, future care may be denied.
Milford nurses exhausted, renew call to unionize
MILFORD Low staffing levels and long workdays have nurses at Milford Regional Medical Center running on empty.
“We’ve all nearly fallen asleep driving home,” nurse Christina Buxton said. “It’s so draining to work on your day off and then to work longer when you come in. …. Staying 7 a.m to 11 a.m. (after working a 7 p.m.-to-7 a.m. shift) is brutal, because you’re at your busiest part of the morning when you’re at your most exhausted.”
It’s been more than two weeks since nurses at Milford Regional Medical Center filed to their intent to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board, and delivered copies of the documents to the president’s office at the hospital.