By Madeline Ciak
Fadwa Hammoud was sworn in on February 14, 2019 (click here)
Flint - According to a news release, (click here) Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy will be coming to Flint.
They are scheduled to visit the city on June 28.
They want to have a community conversation with the resident of Flint following the dismissal of pending criminal cases related to the Flint Water Crisis.
Kim Worthy in her 2010 campaign for office. (click here)I think this is necessary. I am sure these great women have considerable information and evidence from the previous administration, however, they are reopening the investigation because of new evidence. It is only correct to retrace the steps of so many years ago and look under every rock and turn every page to be sure there isn't more undiscovered evidence. Flint and Michigan should be proud of their efforts to unearth the truth.
There is an ongoing problem with McLaren Hospital. It never removed the threat of Legionella from the hospital environment. Just a couple of things, did this hospital ever have problems with Legionella before the Flint water crisis and if so what is the exact history in the way of numbers of victims and the dates at which they were diagnosed along with their outcomes.
Also, there is no excuse for a hospital showing any traces of Legionella bacteria. They need to consider closing the hospital until the State of Michigan determines it is in compliance.
To note McClaren is near the Flint River.
There are other options. Hurley Medical Center and Hurley's Children Clinic may be able to pick up the patients from McLaren. The State may want to take over McLaren and possibly replace the entire management staff with help from the University of Michigan. I am quite sure there are administrators within the UM hospital system that can do a far better job of determining the fate of the McLaren hospital than the current administration for that hospital. I think the state needs to move immediately to dissolve the credentializing of the hospital until it is determined to be safe. There is no excuse for this. People have to be safe first and foremost.
McLaren-Flint will have to be quarantined until further notice.
June 21, 2019
By Ron Fonger
Flint - McLaren-Flint (click here) says it’s finding low levels of Legionella bacteria in hospital water not because of internal issues but because it’s working so hard to identify and fix problems coming from the city’s water distribution system.
In a brief filed with the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules this week, McLaren says it has spent more than $2 million to safeguard its water system in less than three years -- only to be punished by the state Department of Health and Human Services because its intensive testing has “occasionally” found “very low levels” of Legionella....
