Six employees who have performed work on the same floor at a Boston-area hospital have been diagnosed with brain tumors.
Mass General Brigham Newton-Wellesley Hospital President and Chief Operating Officer Ellen A. Maloney identified the sixth staff member in a statement on April 10 after other cases were disclosed earlier in April.
All six staff members “worked for varying durations on the fifth floor” and have reported having benign, or noncancerous, brain tumors, Maloney said.
An evaluation of the fifth floor, led by the Mass General Brigham Department of Occupational Health and Safety and involving other experts, interviewed staffers, reviewed the quality of the air and water, and tested for potential radiation, chemical, and pharmaceutical exposures….