Summers Depo: "Less Need for Inpatient Beds" vs St. John's & Fairview Full Since Lakewood Closure

[Brian Essi]

So doctors on staff at St. John's have received more than one notice since Lakewood Hospital closed last month that St. John's has no rooms---doctors are being told patients need to be diverted elsewhere.

Fairview has also recently been full since LH closed, i.e. no beds available.

January 20, 2016, Summers deposition:

"there remains today overwhelming evidence of just very compelling trends about the need for inpatient beds, and they're less.
We're also in a marketplace that has twice the national average of beds per thousand in the roughly ten mile radius of this community....When you're trying to solve the needs of a customer, you've got to figure out what those needs are, and what the solution is that's going to meet those needs."

It looks like UH's $90M investment in an inpatient facility in Westlake is really paying off, i.e. they figured out how to solve the "customer's needs"

There's a problem when "businessmen" who are in "over their heads" and don't understand medicine at all play God with statistics.

How many people in our region will suffer "death and debility" (Dr. Kilroy's words) due to the delays caused by EMS diversion?

Who is responsible?

[Kevin D Young]

This only gets worse for Summers and the handful of people who colluded to close our community hospital. The results of their immoral actions will mean that there will be people from Beach Cliff to Birdtown who will not make it in the event that a heart attack or stroke occurs. They will not be there to see their children and grandchildren graduate. They will not be there to help the ones they love through times of crisis. They will not be there for the special times when families gather around the holiday table for turkey and the cheer of the season. Their "Build Goggles" limit their humanity so they only see one thing; MONEY. Their "Build Goggles" block from their view the things that are truly important in life. The truth will come out and justice will be served.

[Brian Essi]

The new "no diversion" policies combined with the closure of Lakewood have resulted in patients spending more than 24 hours in emergency rooms---there are no inpatient beds available.

I am told by doctors in the know that last year there were about 6,000 cases during the flu season. This year, there have been only 600 so far.

What will happen if we have a year like last year?

So Summers and a bunch of city, LHA and CCF lawyers got together to figure out how they might screw the Lakewood voters out of meaningful referendum votes on the important issue of health and welfare of the citizens.

For money, land and power, they accelerated the closure of Lakewood Hospital to pursue their flimsy dreams of "revitalization of the downtown business district" and lies about "transformative healthcare."

This is a recipe for disaster.

[tom monahan]

For the past three days, March 14 to 16, there were no beds available at Fairview Hospital. There were over 200 beds sitting around in Lakewood Hospital, er the empty hospital building that our leaderless fearful leaders feared that they would end up with. Congratulations boys and girls.

[james fitzgibbons]

The new "no diversion" policies combined with the closure of Lakewood have resulted in patients spending more than 24 hours in emergency rooms---there are no inpatient beds available.

I am told by doctors in the know that last year there were about 6,000 cases during the flu season. This year, there have been only 600 so far.

What will happen if we have a year like last year?

So Summers and a bunch of city, LHA and CCF lawyers got together to figure out how they might screw the Lakewood voters out of meaningful referendum votes on the important issue of health and welfare of the citizens.

For money, land and power, they accelerated the closure of Lakewood Hospital to pursue their flimsy dreams of "revitalization of the downtown business district" and lies about "transformative healthcare."

This is a recipe for disaster.

Maybe if Saint Patrick was here he could " Drive the Snakes out of Lakewood "

[Lori Allen _]

My sister works for University Hospitals. She informed me that the flu season started about two weeks ago. All employees had to take Tami-flu as a precaution. I was at the doctor last week and was told the same thing. Since Fairview will have to put beds, if there are any, in the hallways, is this not a fire hazard? Maybe they could set up tents in the parking lot and roll people in there. Of course, being CCF, you will still be billed at full price!

[james fitzgibbons]

SLAINTE TO All!

[cameron karslake]

I heard a quote yesterday during the Flint water disaster hearings before Congress that applies to this situation.

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was being questioned by Rep. Matt Cartwright and closed his time with the statement:

"People who put dollars over the fundamental safety of the people DO NOT belong in government. And you need to resign too, Governor Snyder". (emphasis added)

Rep. Cartwright was referring to Susan Hedman, EPA Region 5 Administrator, who resigned this past January over the disaster. Rep. Cartwright felt that "Susan Hedman, from the EPA, bears not 1/10th the responsibility of the state of Michigan and your (Snyder's) administration and she resigned. And there you are, dripping with guilt, but drawing your paycheck, hiring lawyers at the expense of the people and doing your dead-level best to spread accountability to others and not being accountable...".

Like Governor Snyder, Mayor Summers is in complete denial of the looming healthcare disaster of his making that is unfolding before our eyes.

Over bedded my ass!