Nurses Raise Alarm about Vacancies at Fox

ONEONTA—Nurses at A.O. Fox Hospital will hold a “Speak Out” event in front of the Emergency Room entrance on Main Street at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 13. The nurses, along with the New York State Nurses Association and community and labor allies, including the Central New York Area Labor Federation, wish to raise community awareness about an “unprecedented and alarming” vacancy rate in the hospital’s nursing staff.

“A.O. Fox Hospital is facing a crisis of care due to severe nurse understaffing,” the nurses and NYSNA said in a release. “The hospital faces more departures each day as it struggles to retain nurses due to poor working conditions.”