Massachusetts U.S. Senator Ed Markey says he’s keeping an eye on conditions at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
On WAMC’s Congressional Corner Tuesday, the Democrat said he had received a call from BMC saying dozens of nurses had been exposed to coronavirus, requiring the hospital to spend “a couple million dollars” to hire new nurses to close the gap.
“I’m also told by the Berkshire hospital that they did not have sufficient testing equipment, that they did not have sufficient protective gear for their nurses and their doctors,” said the senator.
A registered nurse at BMC told WAMC Monday that some employees were unhappy with a hospital policy that calls for reusing medical equipment to preserve supplies during the COVID-19 outbreak.
