Examining the COVID-19 surge s impact on hospitals and health systems
In tonight s 7 UpFront segment we re examing the COVID-19 surge in Michigan and its impact on health systems and hospitals.
Posted at 6:25 PM, Apr 16, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-16 19:18:22-04
(WXYZ) â In tonight s 7 UpFront segment we re examing the COVID-19 surge in Michigan and its impact on health systems and hospitals.
We re being joined by the President of Healthcare Operations and Chief Operating Officer for Henry Ford Health System Bob Riney to talk about it.
You can see the full interview in the video player above. We remain very, very concerned. We are now in our third week of all of our hospitals basically between 93% and 95% capacity, which means that we re virtually full and we ve been able to get discharges of COVID patients earlier than previous surges, but as our nurses say, for every discharge there s a new on in the ER waiting or an admission, Riney says. So, we re also concerne