Michigan hospitals

Munson Healthcare to layoff staff, restructure services in response to COVID-19

By • Jun 29, 2020
Taylor Wizner

 

Munson Healthcare says it will cut 25 administrative jobs, alter services and cut capital projects, as it deals with financial losses incurred during the pandemic.

Northern Michigan hospitals weigh options as services reopen amid pandemic

By • Jun 16, 2020
Taylor Wizner

 

In the early days of the pandemic Munson Healthcare administrators were in a flurry of panic.

 

 


Some northern Michigan hospitals prep for coronavirus transfers from downstate

By • Apr 2, 2020
Taylor Wizner / Interlochen Public Radio

  Last week, hospitals in the Detroit area reported being at full capacity.

 

The state asked hospitals to make room for any COVID-19 patients that might need to be transferred. It suggested hospitals to increase the number of Intensive Care Unit beds to 10 to 20 percent and prepare an emergency plan.

 

 

Now, some northern Michigan hospitals are making room for possible transfers.

 

Representatives for Michigan hospitals say funding veto 'doesn’t seem fair'

By Ben Thorp • Oct 3, 2019

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s line item vetoes in the state budget include cuts to funding for rural hospitals.