Multiple nurses working on the same floor of busy hospital develop brain tumors

At slightest 5 nurses moving connected the aforesaid level of a Boston-area hospital person been diagnosed with encephalon tumors, and they're looking for answers.

The nurse's national astatine the hospital, the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), told Fox News Digital successful a connection that it is actively supporting nurses astatine Newton-Wellesley Hospital successful Newton, "who person brought guardant superior aesculapian concerns, focused connected encephalon tumor diagnoses connected the 5th level maternity unit."

"We admit that nurses and galore different radical privation contiguous accusation astir the situation," the MNA continued. "This urgency comes from a spot of interest for the wellness of nurses, their families, and patients — an urgency that we share."

The MNA further said it is moving to "complete an independent, technological investigation" into the diagnoses.

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Surgical Technicians lavation their hands aft exiting the operating country astatine Newton-Wellesley Hospital successful Newton, Mass., successful 2022.  (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

"That effort is underway and whitethorn instrumentality further weeks," the MNA said. "The probe is being conducted by the MNA’s part of wellness and safety, consisting of occupational wellness nurses, successful collaboration with the Newton-Wellesley nurses."

In addition, the nurses' national said it has received much than 300 survey responses, emails and telephone calls from existent and erstwhile nurses, arsenic good arsenic different existent and erstwhile infirmary employees, regarding their wellness concerns. 

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Multiple nurses moving connected the 5th level of Newton-Wellesley Hospital successful Newton, Mass., extracurricular Boston person developed encephalon tumors. (Keith Bedford/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Newton-Wellesely reportedly conducted its ain exam successful December and recovered that done April, 11 unit members who worked, astatine immoderate constituent and to varying degrees, connected the 5th level of the hospital, had been interviewed by the hospital's Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), according to a memo obtained by Boston.com. 

The infirmary determined that 5 cases were benign encephalon tumors of 3 antithetic types, and six cases were determined not to beryllium encephalon tumors astatine each but different wellness concerns, according to the memo.

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The Massachusetts Nurse Nurses Association (MNA) told Fox News Digital successful a connection that it is actively supporting nurses astatine Newton-Wellesley Hospital successful Newton "who person brought guardant superior aesculapian concerns, focused connected encephalon tumor diagnoses connected the 5th level maternity unit." (iStock)

The probe further "found nary biology risks which could beryllium linked to the improvement of a encephalon tumor," Jonathan Sonis, subordinate main aesculapian officer, and Sandy Muse, main nursing officer, said successful a connection to Boston.com.

"Based connected these results, we tin confidently reassure our dedicated squad members astatine Mass General Brigham/Newton-Wellesley Hospital and each our patients that determination is nary biology hazard astatine our facility," the connection continued. "As always, the wellness and wellbeing of our staff, clinicians, and patients is our implicit apical priority."

The OHS reappraisal did find that determination were 668 X-rays performed with portable machines connected the 5th level of Newton-Wellesley betwixt 2020 and 2024, doubling the hazard of radiation vulnerability compared to mean regular radiation vulnerability for nurses lasting astir 1 metre from the machine, according to Boston.com.

"Even if a unit subordinate had been contiguous for each of these X-rays, however, they would not person absorbed this overmuch vulnerability (i.e., 1 metre from the machine) arsenic we utilize due X-ray information techniques passim the hospital," the memo obtained by the outlet states.

Newton-Wellesley Hospital's probe "found nary biology risks which could beryllium linked to the improvement of a encephalon tumor." (Google Maps)

Newton-Wellesley did not instantly respond to an enquiry from Fox News Digital.

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The MNA said it is moving with the hospital, which it says "only spoke to a tiny fig of nurses and their biology investigating was not comprehensive."

"The infirmary cannot marque this contented spell distant by attempting to supply a predetermined conclusion," the MNA added. "While we presently cannot merchandise circumstantial numbers oregon different diagnosis information, we are committed to being transparent astir our findings erstwhile we person finished verifying the accusation we collect. 

"Completing this step-by-step process is captious to providing the enactment Newton-Wellesley nurses deserve."