Nurses Speak Out About Cuts in Child Cancer Unit at EMMC - video

Catherine Pegram, WABI, October 2, 2009 Some nurses at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor are speaking out against a plan to cut two positions in the children's cancer unit. Hospital officials say it's a move to save money. Even though the two nurses are getting new jobs, union representatives say it still amounts to layoffs that are taking away from patient care. Barbara Lambarida, a labor representative with Maine State Nurses Association, says "When you're dealing with a disease such as cancer, more so when it's a child involved, the child and the family go through very difficult times emotionally and that's on-going." ... Nurses