News Summary In a significant development, Beacon Health System has announced its plans to acquire Ascension Michigan’s facilities, including four hospitals and several outpatient clinics, in Kalamazoo. The deal is set to close in summer 2025, pending approvals. This acquisition aims to enhance healthcare services in the region while ensuring
News Summary Following the tragic death of 5-year-old Thomas Cooper in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber explosion, lawmakers in Troy, Michigan, are drafting new legislation to regulate chamber safety. The proposed rules aim to prevent future tragedies by limiting treatments to accredited facilities and enforcing necessary safety measures, as the current
News Summary Senator Michael Webber is calling for improvements at the Hawthorn Center, Michigan’s only children’s mental health facility, following alarming findings about its management and safety practices. Issues such as patient escapes, a controversial active shooter drill, violent incidents, and complaints backlog have raised significant concerns among families and
News Summary Michigan has reported its first case of measles for 2025, alarming many residents. The infected individual is an adult from Oakland County, recently returned from overseas. Local health officials have issued exposure alerts for a restaurant and a hospital in Rochester. With the vaccination status of the individual
News Summary Congresswoman Debbie Dingell is raising concerns over recent layoffs of VA employees in Ann Arbor and Detroit, affecting approximately 68 positions out of over 2,400 nationwide. Employees fear these cuts will compromise the quality of care for veterans. The layoffs resulted from a federal initiative aimed at budget
