Nurses 勧める Staten Island hospital to move its entire maternity 区 over mold and 漏れるing gas 恐れるs after 53 staff 落ちる sick

  • The mold and anesthetic gas traces were （悪事，秘密などを）発見するd in the maternity 区?at Staten Island University Hospital North in New York
  • After the mold was 設立する, スタッフの一員s 報告（する）／憶測d dizziness, swollen throat, 頭痛s and even losing their 発言する／表明するs?
  • The mold was 位置を示すd and decontaminated in September, the hospital said
  • The nursery was moved to a backup 場所 as a 警戒
  • In December, traces of anesthetic ガス／無駄話s were 設立する in the maternity 区?
  • The levels are said to be below the recommended （危険などに）さらす 限界
  • Nurses want the entire maternity 区 to be relocated for health and safety?

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Nurses at a New York hospital want the entire maternity 区 to be moved に引き続いて the 発見 of elevated mold levels and traces of anesthetic ガス／無駄話s 設立する in the 部隊, which スタッフの一員s believe are making them sick.????

The nurses told the New York Daily News that 53 people working at?Staten Island University Hospital North, in Staten Island, New York, have 報告（する）／憶測d experiencing 頭痛s, dizziness, swollen throats and other symptoms in the past few months.?

Their symptoms, 明らかに, started manifesting after 空気／公表する 質 監視するing 装置s （悪事，秘密などを）発見するd mold and trace 量s of anesthetic gases in the hospital's maternity 部隊.

Nurse Robyn Jacobs (left) said that she has experienced symptoms each of the six times she has been in the maternity ward
Nurse Darlene Stango worries about increased patient load when nurses have to go home sick after falling ill

Nurse Robyn Jacobs (left) said that she has experienced symptoms each of the six times she has been in the maternity 区 while nurse Darlene Stango worries about 増加するd 患者 負担 when nurses have to go home sick after 落ちるing ill

Nurses and staffers at?Staten Island University Hospital North have reported feeling ill after mold and traces of anesthetic gasses were found in the nursery this fall?

Nurses and スタッフの一員s at?Staten Island University Hospital North have 報告（する）／憶測d feeling ill after mold and traces of anesthetic ガス／無駄話s were 設立する in the nursery this 落ちる?

Maternity 区 スタッフの一員s first 公式文書，認めるd a strange 化学製品 smell in the nursery in September, with eight スタッフの一員s then 報告（する）／憶測ing 'really bad 頭痛s and getting dizzy, light-長，率いるd,' per diem nurse Robyn Jacobs, 65, told the newspaper.??

Jacobs said that she herself has gotten sick each of the six times that she has been in the maternity 区, with her （民事の）告訴s 含むing 頭痛s, losing her 発言する／表明する and chest tightness that feels 'like an allergic reaction.'??

After the 初期の 化学製品 smell was 報告（する）／憶測d, babies were moved to a backup nursery 部隊 at the hospital. 一方／合間, the hospital began 実験（する）ing the 空気／公表する 質, finding moderately elevated levels of mold, hospital 当局 told the Daily News.?

労働者s then 位置を示すd and decontaminated water-borne mold 設立する behind a 沈む 塀で囲む.

But, mold isn't the only thing that the nurses are worrying about.??

In December, the hospital said it found traces of anesthetic gasses sevoflurane and nitrous oxide during air testing, but the level were 'significantly below' the exposure limit (file image)

In December, the hospital said it 設立する traces of anesthetic ガス／無駄話s sevoflurane and nitrous 酸化物 during 空気／公表する 実験（する）ing, but the level were '意味ありげに below' the （危険などに）さらす 限界 (とじ込み／提出する image)

Nurse Dawn Cardello (left) is concerned about the possibility of newborns being exposed to potential harmful substances
Hospital executive director?Dr. Brahim Ardolic said that nearly 30 tests have been done and that the maternity unit is safe for staffers, patients and visitors

Nurse 夜明け Cardello (left) is 関心d about the 可能性 of newborns 存在 exposed to 可能性のある harmful 実体s. Hospital (n)役員／(a)執行力のある director?Dr. Brahim Ardolic said that nearly 30 実験（する）s have been done and that the maternity 部隊 is 安全な for スタッフの一員s, 患者s and 訪問者s

Recently, on-going 空気／公表する 実験（する）ing in December 明らかにする／漏らすd the presence of?sevoflurane and nitrous 酸化物, anesthetic ガス／無駄話s which are 'routinely used during surgical 手続きs,' the hospital said in a 声明 to the newspaper.??

The gas levels 設立する were said to be '意味ありげに below' the 国家の 学校／設ける for Occupational Safety and Health’s recommended （危険などに）さらす 限界 and were not a danger to anybody in the hospital.?

Specialists were also brought in to 決定する if there were any 漏れるs in the hospital's gas system 組織／基盤／下部構造, but could not find any 漏れるs.??

The hospital 持続するs that the 空気／公表する is 安全な to breathe and it is 現在／一般に working on 再構築するing the 初めの nursery.

Nurses said that the smell has been coming and going since the 初めの 報告（する）／憶測 was made, but that people are still experiencing the same symptoms.?

にもかかわらず the hospital's （人命などを）奪う，主張するs about 空気／公表する safety and the fact that there don't appear to be any 報告（する）／憶測d systems in any of their 患者s, nurses are 関心d that babies still could be at 危険.??

'Ethically, as a nurse, I’m supposed to 支持する for a 患者,' nurse 夜明け Cardello, 53, told the Daily News. 'If I know my newborn is exposed to something that could 潜在的に be harmful, it’s my 役割 as a professional to speak up.'?

There's also the fact that nurses having to go home sick means 'now you're working short (on staff)' which results in higher 患者 負担s for those who've stayed behind, nurse Darlene Stango, 60, said,?

Staten Island University Hospital North's (n)役員／(a)執行力のある director,?Dr. Brahim Ardolic, said that he didn't know why スタッフの一員s were continuing to 報告（する）／憶測 experiencing 頭痛s, dizziness and other symptoms after the mold was 除去するd.?

As for the nurses' dema nds that the entire maternity 区 be moved somewhere else, Ardolic said that there was no 推論する／理由 to make such a 激烈な move when nearly 30 実験（する）s have 明らかにする／漏らすd that there are no 危険s to be had in the 区's 現在の 場所.?

Ardolic said he understood 'where the 恐れる and 関心 comes from,' but at the same time, 'We can’t move 患者s and a 床に打ち倒す and take those types of 危険s without having some justification for doing that.'????

'The 部隊 is 安全な for people to be in, the 部隊 is 安全な for moms, the 部隊 is 安全な for children,' Ardolic told the newspaper. 'There really isn’t any more 実験（する）ing that we can do at this point.'?

'They keep telling us it’s 安全な, it’s 安全な, it’s 安全な,' Jacobs said. 'How 安全な is it? Because we’re all getting sick.'

DailyMail.com has reached out to the hospital for a comment.?

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