SUNY Downstate Cancels Surgeries, Other Services Due to Staff Shortage Following Vaccine Mandate

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A Brooklyn hospital is canceling surgeries and other services due to a staff shortage following the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for hospital workers.

Fred Kowal, the president of United University Professions, says his union represents thousands of members who work for SUNY Downstate hospitals and has strongly supported getting vaccinated. He says 90% of members have been vaccinated.

“We have lost members— they have been ill. We have seen it within our ranks. So with that as a basis, we owe it to our communities to do what’s right, and that means to be vaccinated,” he says.

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