Massachusetts health officials have completed an inspection of Newton-Wellesley Hospital after six current and former nurses on the fifth-floor maternity unit reported having brain tumours.
A nursing union had called for further investigation after an internal probe initially found no environmental risks within the hospital where five nurses, on the same floor, had all developed tumours.
However, the Department of Public Health report found that all radiation readings were within regulatory limits and that there was no evidence that anything in the building could have caused the tumours, reports WCVB.
DPH said it could not confirm or deny multiple tumour diagnoses, since only one employee with a brain tumour responded to their request to discuss concerns.
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