Ten maternity nurses working on the same floor at a Massachusetts hospital have developed aggressive brain tumors.
Staff at Newton-Wellesley Hospital have developed various forms of brain cancer over the past few years.
As many as 10 nurses on the same maternity ward at Newton-Wellesley Hospital have been diagnosed with brain cancer.
One nurse, who asked to remain anonymous, told WBZ-TV: “It’s getting to the point where the number just increases, and you start saying am I crazy thinking this. This can’t just be a coincidence.”
“We want reassurance because this has not been a reassuring past few months for a lot of the staff members,” she said.
“We want to feel safe, the same way we want to make our patients feel safe.”
The hospital claimed that the brain tumors are not the result of “environmental risk” after conducting an extensive investigation since December.
The hospital said in a statement:
“After we became aware of reported brain tumors in individuals who currently or previously had worked in the same area of the hospital, we conducted an extensive investigation…”
The hospital said it interviewed the 10 nurses as part of its investigation.
“Every staff member who came forward was given the opportunity to be interviewed by the Occupational Health and Safety team to evaluate each diagnosis in the context of their individual medical history and risk factors,” the statement read.
Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the brain tumors.
