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3.18.2008

New Radio Ad Provides Patients' Perspective on Need for Safe Patient Limits

The Coalition to Protect Massachusetts Patients and the MNA has launched a new radio advertising campaign this week, which provides a call for action on H.. 2059 from the patient's perspective. The ad highlights the dangers for patients when nurses have too many patients to care for, including an estimated 2,000 deaths from preventable medical errors and infections in Mass. Hospitals each year.

You can listen to the ad by clicking on the links below:
Patient's Perspective and Boiling Point

 
         
 

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