Seven-day nurses strike starts at five Twin Cities hospitals

More than 4,000 nurses went on strike at five Twin Cities Allina hospitals Sunday — some in tears as they left their shifts early in the morning and their patients in the hands of replacements recruited from across the country to cover the seven-day walkout.

Nurse Leah Otterness said goodbye to an orthopedic patient who was crying at Unity Hospital in Fridley.

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