Registered Nurses Applaud D.C.’s Decision to File a Lawsuit Against Ascension

Registered nurses with National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) applaud the decision by D.C. elected officials to file a lawsuit against Ascension, the owner and operator of Providence Hospital, charging that the multibillion-dollar St. Louis, Mo. based Catholic nonprofit violated the law when it began shutting down operations at the hospital on Friday, December 14.