(FOX40.COM) — 1,600 frontline healthcare workers from across the state held a march at Sutter Health's Sacramento Medical Center on Friday to protest short staffing and fair pay, according to the United Healthcare Workers West.

The workers' union reported that the health center made $1 billion in profits last year. Healthcare workers across Sutter Health facilities said that continuing low wages have led to high turnover rates. Due to understaffing, employees are having to take on multiple roles.

Followed by a series of pickets to draw attention to the short staffing crisis, caregivers joined the band of healthcare workers to call on Sutter Health to ensure better staffing levels, fair wages, and affordable healthcare.

“In the operating room, if the doctor doesn’t have the proper items

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