Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she’s open to changing controversial COVID-19 nursing home policy
LANSING, Mich. – At the height of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Metro Detroit, many COVID-19 patients were put in nursing homes to recover. That policy still stands, despite numerous calls for Michigan Gov. READ: Michigan’s policy of housing COVID-19 nursing home patients with uninfected patients comes under scrutinyThe policy has been controversial, especially since other states have abandoned it. They are required to separate the COVID-19 positive patients from the COVID-19 negative patients -- but in the same building. Both the House and the Senate are considering bills that would prevent the COVID-19 positive from being admitted to a nursing home.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she’s open to changing controversial COVID-19 nursing home policy
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she’s open to changing controversial COVID-19 nursing home policyPublished: June 9, 2020, 5:50 pmAt the height of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Metro Detroit, many COVID-19 patients were put in nursing homes to recover.