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As part of a larger, worldwide protest, nurses in the D.C. area are protesting in front of Providence Hospital for what they say is “inadequate preparedness for fighting the Ebola virus.

While organizers are predicting 100,000 nurses will be participating in the protests worldwide, at D.C.’s Providence Hospital dozens have been rallying outside of the Michigan Park hospital since 7 a.m.

Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director of National Nurses United, said in a statement that “the lack of concern for nurses and patients in a world where corporations have taken over our community health care has been magnified during this deadly Ebola crisis.”

She added that “if nurses had not taken to the air waves, to the streets and to the legislatures, there would have been inaction on Ebola. Everyone passed the buck. The Centers for Disease Control had no power, and Ebola is the latest in health threats, there will be more to come. Nurses are demanding patient safety. They are heroes. Hospitals should be forced to spend the money on patient safety that they spend on public relations.”

At noon, an official rally will begin outside of Providence Hospital, and at 2 p.m., organizers will hold a vigil outside of the White House.

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