UPDATE, 5:30pm, 4/9/20: The hospital sent a "clarification email" to staff Thursday afternoon that hospital health workers may now wear their own N95 masks in common areas, but that they must put a hospital issued surgical mask over it. The email outlined the hospital's new policy in minute detail. Scroll to the bottom of this story to read the email and new policy in … [Read more...] about UPDATED: New Hospital Mask Reversal Re-ignites Staff Concerns
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Updated: Maui Memorial Addresses Mask Concerns
Across the country, medical personnel are expressing dismay at the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) – masks, goggles, gowns – available to them as hospitals struggle to conserve scarce supplies in the face of ever-increasing COVID-19 cases. The situation is the same here on Maui. MauiTime spoke Friday with a number of doctors and nurses frustrated with PPE … [Read more...] about Updated: Maui Memorial Addresses Mask Concerns