Nurse says she was suspended after refusing to treat coronavirus patients without a mask

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A nurse at a hospital in Kentucky said she was suspended for insubordination for refusing to treat COVID-19 patients when the hospital would not supply her with a protective respirator.

Kenyatta Ervin, 49, said she previously had health conditions like pneumonia and asthma and needs the protection of an N95 mask, which have been in short supply.

She said in an interview Monday that supervisors would give her only a surgical mask, a loose-fitting disposable device that isn’t sealed around the nose and mouth.

In a phone interview with her lawyer, Thomas Clay, Ervin said she was sent home from Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Louisville on March 31 for refusing to provide patient care.

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