Montana Nurses Association said it's shut out by Gianforte

[TexasTowelie]

Over the last three months, as the coronavirus has continued to cripple the state, the Montana Nurses Association said it has tried eight times to schedule a meeting with Gov. Greg Gianforte to address the need for more support for nurses on the front lines.

“We should be at the table; it breaks my heart. We are at such a bad place,” said Vicky Byrd, chief executive officer of the MNA. “It couldn’t be more frustrating. We started reaching out because we just wanted to talk about nurses and COVID. After all, they are the ones that are there 24/7 and watching people die and watching unvaccinated people getting admitted and dying.”

Gianforte’s office did not respond to a question about why the nurses group hasn’t been granted a meeting or how the governor decides who has access and who doesn’t.

At the core of Byrd’s frustration is a recent effort by Gianforte to recruit out-of-state health care workers that seemed to include a spot at the table for every medical association outside of the nurses association.

Read more: https://dailymontanan.com/2021/11/10/montana-nurses-association-said-its-shut-out-by-gianforte/

[lark]

1. RW Fascists aka Repugs hate women and won't deal with them on an even level.

They weren't invited because the R males deliberately excluded those women folks who actually take care of the patients because they aren't rich enough to matter one bit to the asses in charge and they take the side of medicine/science in general.

[MontanaMama]

2. The nurses who are my neighbors

have nothing for our current thug Governor. They’re pissed and rightly so.

[ratchiweenie]

3. The Repugs running this state are real misogynists. An ugly bunch of MAGA crooks.