Massachusetts nurse brain tumor cluster: Newton-Wellesley Hospital confirms another self-reported case

Another former nurse at Newton-Wellesley Hospital has reportedly been diagnosed with a brain tumor the hospital has substantiated This seventh published tumor incident on the fifth floor maternity wing of the Mass General Brigham facility comes as personnel continue to assure staff and patients that the milieu is safe The nurses diagnosed with brain tumors have worked in the maternal care labor delivery unit on the hospital s fifth floor at particular point The brain tumor cases are all benign non-cancerous We were in the past few days made aware of this additional self-reported situation of a former staff member s benign brain tumor a hospital spokesperson explained in a message on Friday following a summary from Boston com on the seventh development When the hospital initially released that five nurses had been diagnosed with a brain tumor the hospital declared the only type of tumor that had more than one scenario was meningioma This seventh nurse has a right frontal lobe meningioma according to the Boston com assessment After hospital bureaucrats learned of the communicated brain tumors they conducted an assessment with the Department of Occupational Robustness and Safety Newton-Wellesley Safety Officer radiation and pharmaceutical safety offices and external environmental consultants The fitness and wellbeing of our staff clinicians and patients is our top priority and we continue to evaluate any and all information provided to us the hospital spokesperson declared in Friday s declaration As we ve stated before we have conducted a thorough research into our conditions after reports of brain tumors in individuals who have worked in our labor and delivery and post-partum care units at particular point over the past years the spokesperson added Based on these findings we are confident that the atmosphere is safe Staff members have raised several concerns about this cluster of cases The hospital has addressed questions about whether brain tumor cases can be related to wearing masks during the pandemic the drinking water use of x-rays or the pharmacy on the floor below Related Articles Another brain tumor occurrence published amid Massachusetts nurse cluster Massachusetts nurses with brain tumors DPH in communication with Newton-Wellesley Cluster of Massachusetts nurses reportedly diagnosed with brain tumors The Massachusetts Nurses Association s division of robustness and safety consisting of occupational physical condition nurses is analyzing the situation The union has announced the hospital s environmental testing was not comprehensive A union spokesperson commented in a announcement on Friday We are finalizing our study in anticipation of sharing the results with the hospital