New York State which has about 300,000 confirmed cases to about 40,000 in Michigan has allowed some hospitals to resume elective surgeries.
April 30, 2020
Mayor of Detroit, Medical Leaders, and Patients Call on Whitmer to Reopen Hospitals
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan (D) has joined medical leaders and patients calling on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to open hospitals for patients who need care.
The executive editor & publisher of Gongwer News Service summed it up today by tweeting: To say the health care world is growing more livid by the day that Governor Whitmer has kept this order in place would be an understatement.
A patient needing surgery explained her situation to ABC 12 in Flint, “I mean, you can say elective surgery, but to me, my surgery isn’t elective. I have no choice but to get this fixed unless I want to have permanent damage to my body.”
Meanwhile, a man from Macomb County with stage 5 kidney disease continues to wait for a kidney transplant from his son as reported by FOX 2 Detroit.
Many Michigan hospitals have announced layoffs, job and salary cuts over the past few weeks. On Tuesday, the Michigan Senate asked Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to ease up on her bans against elective medical and dental procedures.
A Hospital CEO from Hillsdale yesterday joined the call for Whitmer to ease medical restrictions by stating, “When rural hospitals close, people die” and Center Square reported sixteen health care chief executive officers signed a letter last week that requested reopening elective procedures.
New York State which has about 300,000 confirmed cases to about 40,000 in Michigan has allowed some hospitals to resume elective surgeries.