“It tears me apart that I know we could have saved more lives if we had more nurses,” Registered Nurse Jaiveer Gal said at an April 1 rally near Greeley Square urging the passage of legislation to increase hospital staffing.
Members of the New York State Nurses Association gathered to push for laws mandating safe-staffing ratios. Studies show that every additional patient per nurse increases the chance of death by seven percent.
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