Pomona Valley Hospital (PVH) reversed its decision denying vaccine exemption requests submitted by more than 200 nurses and other staff, after the group hired an attorney to represent them. The employees had each submitted the hospital’s declination form requesting exemption from the vaccine based on their personal religious beliefs in response to state and county COVID-19 vaccine mandates for all healthcare workers. Like all healthcare providers in the state, PVH is required by the California Department of Public Health’s order released on Aug. 5 to be in compliance of the order by Sept. 30 or face disciplinary action and/or fines. The Epoch Times previously reported that the PVH employee group received a form letter email from the hospital denying their requests, and they hired employment attorney Dan Watkins of Watkins & Letofsky to assist them in seeking protection from the state’s vaccine mandate and the hospital’s blanket denial of their religious exemption …