'We're Suffering;' UCSF Nurses Allege Chronic Shortages At Mount Zion Campus

San Francisco CA

08 September, 2021

5:53 PM

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From CBS San Francisco: SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — At the University of California San Francisco Medical Center at Mount Zion, approximately 12 nurses are needed to staff two floors for one shift, according to Maxine Lorenzana, a nurse at UCSF. But several times in the past few weeks, only two have been scheduled to work, Lorenzana said. Lorenzana was one of many nurses and hospital staff who spoke out at a Tuesday news conference about understaffing at UCSF, alleging the health system has endangered both nurses and patients by not scheduling enough staff members at a time. Read more at CBS CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.