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Dried blood was crusted on operating room beds at Detroit's Harper and Hutzel hospitals, say two workers who say they were fired for raising concerns.

email article Two Detroit area cardiologists were awarded more than $10 million after a federal judge upheld an arbitrator's decision that Detroit Medical Center (DMC) and its parent company acted with malice in firing them as retaliation for reporting violations at the facility. Amir Kaki, MD, and Mahir Elder, MD, were medical leaders at Tenet Healthcare's DMC when they were dismissed from those positions in October 2018. Their staff privileges at system medical centers were soon discontinued as well. The arbitrator found in their favor in December, awarding them $10.6 million and rein...

Print Amir Kaki, M.D., (left) and Mahir Elder, M.D. sued Detroit Medical Center and Tenet Healthcare over their firings. Metro Detroit cardiologists Mahir Elder and Amir Kaki have won a $10.6 million arbitration judgment against for-profit Detroit Medical Center based on their contention the six-hospital health system improperly terminated their employment and medical staff privileges in October 2018. Elder and Kaki had internally reported numerous instances of poor quality care and management interference at DMC, some of which Crain's reported going back to 2014. When firing Elder and Kaki a...