Nurses Make House Calls

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Nurses are making house calls in DC’s Ward 7 to discuss “some very unfortunate statistics with residents,” reports NNU on its Nurses for a Healthy DC Facebook page. “Department of Health statistics show that residents of Ward 7 are dying of cancer at a rate 22% higher than residents of other DC wards and heart disease at a rate 24% higher than residents of other DC wards. It's time to pass the Patient Protection Act!” Click here to urge the DC Council and Mayor Gray to support the bill to improve safe patient care in DC hospitals.