Nearly 8,000 Seattle area providers to strike

Modern Healthcare: Nearly 8,000 nurses and other providers at Swedish Health Services in the Seattle area plan to strike beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, through Thursday, Jan. 30.

In response, the health system said it plans to close two of its seven emergency departments and one of its labor and delivery units, after being unable to secure adequate temporary staffing.

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