Healthcare workers in Michigan hospitals say they’re not getting the resources they need to provide patients the best care possible. They said some personal protective equipment was still in short supply more than a year into the pandemic and short staffing left them stretched thin. “We get one mask per day for COVID patients and then we get one mask per day for regular patient care,” said Jamie Brown, a critical care nurse at Ascension Borgess.
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LAPEER, Mich., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Elfatih I. Abter, MD, is being recognized by Continental Who s Who as a Top Infectious Disease Specialist for his outstanding professional achievements in the medical field and his dedication to serving the medical community at East Michigan Infectious Disease PLLC.
Elfatih I. Abter, MD, is recognized by Continental Who s Who
Having led an impressive medical career for 44 years, Elfatih I. Abter, MD, is a distinguished Infectious Disease Specialist and the founder of East Michigan Infectious Disease PLLC. He started his practice in 2014. Alongside his practice, Dr. Abter has been working with McLaren Lapeer Region Hospital for 11 years as the Director of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Abter cares for patients with infections that are difficult to diagnose and can be life-threatening in his current position. He brings valuable knowledge and experience from his work in Africa dealing with the Men
McLaren Lapeer Region Hospital Workers Vote To Join Teamsters Local 332
Technical Health Care Workers Unite to Win Union Representation
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FLINT, Mich., April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Health care workers at McLaren Lapeer Region Hospital in Michigan have voted in favor of representation by Teamsters Local 332.
The 110 workers make up a technical unit, including workers critical to diagnosing COVID-19. The workers who joined the union include respiratory therapists, CT and ultrasound technologists and emergency room technicians, along with numerous other job classifications.
Workers at McLaren Lapeer united over concerns including reductions in staffing, as well as pay based on a scale that includes the performance of other types of workers in the individual s evaluation.
Michigan nurses say they are forced to wear same mask all day, beg for help during COVID-19 pandemic
Michigan nurses said they are being forced to work under unsafe conditions.
DETROIT (FOX 2) - Michigan COVID-19 hospitalizations are up, and nurses are begging lawmakers for help. I don t know that I ve ever worked with sicker patients than these covid patients. They re just so fragile, said Luke Vandenberg, a nurse at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing.
Vandenberg and other nurses met with representatives Debbie Dingell and Rashida Tlaib on Thursday to share their concerns about their working conditions. We call it frontline because it s like wartime nursing, Vandenberg said. You re jumping from one crisis to the next and you re doing so with too few staff and often too few resources.
UPDATE:
IMLAY TWP. The Lapeer County Sheriff’s Office reports that a 29-year-old woman was killed Friday (Jan. 15) in a traffic accident on M-53 (Van Dyke) at the curve south of Bowers Rd.
Detective/Sgt. Jason Parks said police, firefighters and emergency crews were alerted to the head-on crash at around 8:17 a.m.
He noted that the initial report indicated that black smoke and flames were emanating from the woman’s vehicle while she was still trapped inside.
He said a passing motorist with a fire extinguisher stopped at the scene and was able to extinguish the fire.
Parks identified the victim, Megan Griffith, 29, as the only occupant in a southbound 2008 Pontiac Torrent.