Richard T. Viguers. president of the Massachusetts Hospital Association. He wrote in part: The administration of the Immigration and Nationality Act. as amended by P.L. 89236. has resulted in a critical nursing shortage in hospitals in Massachusetts. Some hospitals have had to close beds. and other hospitals are barely able to maintain a safe standard of nursing care and may be forced to close beds. We must have foreign trained professional nurses to meet the needs of the sick in Boston and surrounding areas. I cannot state the issue too strongly. We are literally discussing the closing of large segments of major hospitals. There are qualified and competent foreign nurses who are ready and anxious to come to the United States. but they cannot get visas. They have been waiting for months and we have been waiting for them for months. It is my understanding that there have been similar difficulties In New York.
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