It's the latest escalation of a dispute over resources in hospitals, where medical teams have warned low staffing is leading to wait times of sometimes 15 hours in the emergency room.
On Friday's News Hit: - An 18-year-old who was set to be sentenced in a fatal stabbing soon died in a car crash this week. - A girl was kidnapped and sexually assaulted while walking home from her Detroit school. - Citing conditions in the emergency room, doctors at Ascension St. John in Detroit walked the picket line Thursday.
Emergency room health care workers at a Detroit hospital went on an anticipated strike this week over frustrations related to labor and long wait times.
After months of unsuccessful contract talks, the Greater Detroit Association of ER Physicians, the union representing the physicians and physician assistants at Ascension St. John, has voted to go on strike.