Virtua Voorhees fires nurse who brought her own N95 mask from home

Virtua Voorhees Hospital has fired a nurse for bringing her own N95 mask from home.

News 12 New Jersey first reported about nurse Dawn Kulach who was originally suspended for bringing the mask and other PPE from home. Kulach says that her supervisor told her that she couldn’t wear the mask because it was not issued by the hospital.

The hospital had given her another mask to wear, but Kulach described it as “tissue paper.”

The hospital said that Kulach did not need an N95 mask because she was not working directly with COVID-19 patients. But Kulach says that COVID-19 patients were located on her floor.

JNESO, the union representing Kulach, says that it will fight on her behalf.