State Rep. Summer Lee (D-Allegheny County) and other state and city officials held a hearing in Pittsburgh Monday on what they're describing as a hospital workforce crisis.The hearing lasted over four hours, with Pittsburgh-area health care workers testifying on their experiences working in an "increasingly catastrophic" environment, according to a release from Lee's office."What I read over and over against is that the problems our health care workers are facing didn’t start in 2020," said Lee, describing testimony from over 500 city health care workers. "The pandemic was a tipping point, but cuts to staff, low wages for many workers and the lack of a voice that nurses and hospital workers have in hospital policy is a long-standing problem."Ninety-three percent of Pittsburgh hospital workers regularly think about leaving their jobs, according to a recent University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work survey. The same survey found 90% say they do not have enough staff for their workloads.Officials also heard from experts on the workforce crisis about possible solutions. “Our health care dollars and taxes built our hospitals and they provide an essential public service that all of us rely on to stay safe and healthy," said Pittsburgh City Council member Erika Strassburger. "These institutions benefit from massive tax breaks, and as a result, we should expect them to be model employers and to work with us to find effective ways to end the workforce crisis.” Lee is running for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. She won the Democratic primary for the seat in May.