The sixth nurse that was diagnosed with the brain tumor in a possible group at Massachusetts Hospital

A strange thing can happen at Massachusetts Hospital. At least six employees working on the same floor from Newton Wilsley Hospital recently developed benign brain tumors.

The most recent brain tumor case this week was revealed by the Ministry of Health and Occupational Safety (Mass GENERAL BRIGHAM), the mother system of Newton Wilsley. The affected employees are the nurses who worked in the maternity unit on the fifth floor. The hospital says that its achievement has not yet been determined by any “environmental danger” linking the cases, although the Massachusetts Nurses Association is still looking into the matter.

It was the potential tumor group I mentioned for the first time By local media WBZ in early April, while the hospital began to investigate in December. Before this week, it was known that five Newton Wilsley employees had developed brain tumors. On Monday, Boston Herald I mentioned Ohs sent a message to patients and families that reveal a sixth case.

“So far, through the employee interviewing process, OHS has identified six employees who worked in different periods on the fifth floor and reported on the benign (non -cancerous) brain tumors,” Illin Moloni, President and Director of General Operations of General Brigham/Newton Wilsley, wrote in the letter.

Sometimes cancer or tumor groups are due Environmental pollutantsLike cancerous toxins that end in the same drinking water. But OHS says it did not find any possible common reason in the hospital for these cases.

“Although the investigation of OHS is continuing, we have not found any evidence that these medical conditions are caused by the work environment,” Moloni said in the letter.

The employees themselves are not convinced. At least some believe that other modern diseases among their employees can be linked to the workplace.

“We want to reassure, because this was not reassured in the past few months for many employees,” has been diagnosed with a tumor nurse, who was granted not to be identified. He said WBZ. “We want to feel safe, in the same way that we want to make our patients feel safe.”

The Massachusetts Nurses Association, a union representing the nurses in MGH, is also conducting its own investigations. Association It was previously said Herrad in early April that the hospital was “incomplete”. Currently, the book still does not close something wrong at Newton Wilsley Hospital.

“We are pleased to see that the hospital continues to look into this situation,” said a spokesman for the Massachusetts Association in the Massachusetts. “Our investigation is continuous, and we will share the results when our health and safety department completes its review of the reported diagnostic to MNA.”

It is expected that the union’s results will be issued to the public by the end of the month.