Days after a nurse exposed the heinous malpractice a Cleveland Clinic subjected its patients and staff to at the hospital, the hospital suspended its vaccine mandate, allowing unvaccinated workers to keep their jobs.
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— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) December 2, 2021
Healthcare workers at Cleveland Clinic were required to participate in Medicare and Medicaid be fully vaccinated by January 4, 2022 under the federal government’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Cleveland Clinic’s Indian River Hospital refused to accept a religious exemption from its employee Hellen Smith last month. As a result, the veteran nurse was forced to resign from her job in the hospital’s intensive care unit. A week before her forced resignation,