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With an eye on his father’s bloodied face, Barry Jensen began punching numbers into his cell phone from the hospital emergency room.
His 90-year-old dad had fallen on a gravel driveway. His glasses were broken. His family worried that his bones might be, too.
Seats inside the Beaumont Hospital emergency room in the downriver Detroit community of Trenton were filled that day in late March. Several people lay on gurneys.
The son remembers thinking “it looked like a scene from a disaster movie, just on a smaller scale.”
A doctor might be free to see his father in another three, four, maybe even five hours, Jensen was told.
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With an eye on his father’s bloodied face, Barry Jensen began punching numbers into his cellphone from the hospital emergency room.
His 90-year-old dad had fallen on a gravel driveway. His glasses were broken. His family worried that his bones might be, too.
Seats inside the Beaumont Hospital emergency room in the Downriver community of Trenton were filled that day in late March. Several people lay on gurneys.
WORCESTER Mayor Joseph M. Petty said Thursday that spring is a time of celebration and renewal, and said the increasing supply of COVID-19 vaccinations is giving people some sense of seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
But he cautioned that we re not quite there yet, and the city s virus and vaccination numbers this week reflected a mix of unease and optimism.
At Thursday s weekly briefing at City Hall, City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. confirmed another 359 cases of the virus for a total of 22,370 since the start of the pandemic.
Augustus said that represents an increase of 48 cases over last week s numbers, adding that he hopes it s a blip and not a trend.
UMass Memorial Health Care debuts new brand name
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In entering a new normal, UMass Memorial Health Care will bring with it a new name.
The health care provider this week announced a rebranding of its name: UMass Memorial Health. The new name was debuted with a new slogan: “The Relentless Pursuit of Healing.”
“While the health care we provide is incredible, we actually provide so much more,” the organization said in a video that announced the new name. “By changing our brand name to UMass Memorial Health, we’re signaling to those we serve that we work just as hard to prevent illness, keep them healthy and improve all aspects of life.”
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