Northwell Health, the largest hospital system in New York state, fired 1,400 employees this week for not complying with the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
The employees represented less than 2% of Northwell’s 76,000 employees, who are now all fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Joe Kemp, the assistant vice president of public relations for the company, told“Northwell Health is proud to announce that our workforce -- the largest in New York State -- is 100% vaccinated,” the company said in a statement to several news outlets.
“This allows us to continue to provide exceptional care at all of our facilities, without interruption and remain open and fully operational,” Northwell Health said. Having a fully vaccinated workforce is part of the health system’s duty to protect others, the company said. Northwell Health includes 23 hospitals and more than 830 outpatient facilities, according“Northwell regrets losing any employee under such circumstances,” the company said. “We owe it to our staff, our patients and the communities we serve to be 100% vaccinated against COVID-19.”
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in August that the state would require health care workers to receive at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot by Sept. 27. Employees didn’t have the option for weekly testing or religious exemptions, which is being challenged in several lawsuits, accordingThe order went into effect last week, prompting tens of thousands of employees to get vaccinated.
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