Leaked memo reveals the US' largest health system could fire nurses who post coronavirus policies on social media — and a nurse has already been suspended without pay, 7 April 2020

The largest healthcare system in the US has told employees that it could fire nurses and doctors who speak publicly about its policies regarding the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to an internal memo reviewed by Business Insider...

The email said HCA employees could get disciplined or even fired for posting information on social media about its policies about treating patients with COVID-19, the illness caused by this coronavirus. The health system also barred employees from speaking to journalists about the virus without explicit permission from HCA's communications director...

Hospitals might be cracking down on nurses who call out dire mask shortages during the coronavirus pandemic.