US Healthcare Workers Protest Shortage of Protective Gears amid Pandemic (+Video)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Healthcare workers from across New York City gathered at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn to protest the dire conditions they face in hospitals ill-equipped after years of budget cuts to handle COVID-19.
They joined frontline healthcare workers across the country in a national day of action to demand adequate protective equipment to protect themselves and their patients and the radical restructuring of the healthcare system to put people’s health over profit.
The protesters were seen chanting slogans and waving banners attempting to draw government's attention to the issue.
The demonstration followed a series of protests in the hospitals across the US, demanding the owners of highly profitable medical businesses to provide their doctors and nurses with vitally important Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as the number of professionals infected with the COVID-19 increased.
