A hospital in the Boston area is fulfilled after you developed five nurses who worked on the same floor brain tumors.
Mass Brigham Newton-Wellesley Hospital said that in total, 11 employees from the Motherhood Unit specified on the fifth floor health concerns. Five tumors in the brain, all benign. Two of these have the most benign types – a gossip, according to the hospital in Newton, Massachusetts, which is about 10 miles to the west of Boston.
“The investigation has not found any environmental risks that can be linked to the development of a brain tumor,” Jonathan Sunis said in the hospital, assistant medical director, and Sandy Moss, chief nursing employee, in a statement.
The hospital said that its investigation was completed in cooperation with government health and safety officials, and he considered many possible sources. The hospital said that he ruled out the disposable masks, water supplies, nearby X -rays, and chemotherapy on the ground below.
The officials said: “Based on these results, we can reassure the confidence of our dedicated team … and all our patients are that there is no environmental risk in our facility.”
The external appearance of General Newton Wilsley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association, the union, who wore with compensation for the nurses at Newton Wilsley Hospital, said it will continue to investigate.
“At the present time, the best way we can help is to complete an independent scientific investigation,” MNA spokesman Joe Marcoman said in a statement on Friday. “This effort is under implementation and may take additional weeks.”
The Federation indicated that the nurses had applied with health concerns at the workplace, which led to the discovery of those who suffer from tumors.
He said in his statement: “The hospital only spoke about a small number of nurses, and their environmental tests were not comprehensive.” “The hospital cannot make this problem disappear by trying to provide a previously specific conclusion.”
A government agency spokesman was unable to provide conclusive information on this issue by the deadline. Federal occupational health and safety officials did not immediately respond to the request for comment.
The American Cancer Association says that in order to meet the definition of the cancer group, events must be the same type, in the same region, the same, and affect a number of people “greater than expected” when creating an accident for accidents.
“Almost 4 out of 10 people in the United States will get cancer during their lives,” the association said. Cancer sets web page. “Therefore, it is not uncommon for several people in a relatively small area to develop cancer almost at the same time.”
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