Nurse Julie Thao worked a double shift on July 4, stayed overnight at the hospital and then started work early in the morning on the day she allegedly made a medication error that caused the death of a 16-year-old giving birth at St. Mary’s Hospital, according to sources close to Thao.
….St. Mary’s officials said in an interview earlier this year that overtime is used only on a voluntary basis….New union contracts at Meriter Hospital and University Hospital bar mandatory overtime except during emergency situations such as natural disasters or epidemics.