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On Wednesday, April 27th a male nurse at Kaiser’s Santa Clara Medical Center shot and killed themselves during their shift. The nurse brought a loaded handgun to work and shot themselves halfway through an overnight shift while working in the Emergency Room. According to statements from Kaiser Health, the event took place in a supply room in front of a fellow coworker. At this time the name of the individual has not been released.
“Kaiser is notoriously bad with their mental health services, so this is obviously not a good look for them. Nothing will change. Nurses are burnt out and COVID highlighted how undervalued our labor is and we are nothing but a commodity to hospitals,” said a nurse who works at Kaiser Santa Clara.
— source nurse.org | May 9, 2022