The massive nurses strike hitting three major New York City hospital systems now has a body count, union officials claim.
At least one death at Mount Sinai — is attributable to reduced care because of the strike, according to Darla Joiner, a union official who heads Mount Sinai’s bargaining unit, who heard this information from individuals speaking on the picket line.
Katie Duke, a retired nurse practitioner at Mount Sinai who was picketing Saturday for the NYSNA, told The Post she regularly hears from other staffers at the hospital that the strike has turned deadly, including the case of the ICU patient who was on a machine that helps circulate blood flow and breathing…