SPENCER JOHNSON

ProMedica Director of Public Relations Tausha Moore said that in recent weeks the Monroe hospital has been fluctuating between 90-100% capacity.

Investigators said the 15-year-old charged in the Oxford High School shooting used a gun that was purchased by his father just four days before the incident.

Spencer Johnson with the Safe and Secure Project said he wants to teach both adults and children about gun safety through a new class.

This evening Monroe Community College will host a panel discussion on “The Importance of the COVID-19 Vaccine in General and in the Black Community.”You can watch the discussion featuring doctors from ProMedica Health System by clicking here, the meeting ID is: 945 4611 0856Featured speakers include:Dr. Spencer Johnson, D.O., FACEP -- ProMedica Monroe Emergency Department, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine ProMedica Monroe Emergency Medicine ResidencyDr. Kaleb Bekele, D.O. -- PGY-2, Emergency Medicine, ProMedica Monroe Emergency DepartmentDr. Brian Kaminske, D.O., C.P.P.S. -- Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety - ProMedica Health System Medical Director - ProMedica Flower Hospital Emergency DepartmentDr. Jamie B. McBride, D.O. -- Emergency Medicine, ProMedica Toledo Hospital, ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital

Emergency Physicians of Northwest Ohio was awarded the contract to staff and manage the center earlier this year. A new group of physicians is providing care at ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospitals Emergency Department. Emergency Physicians of Northwest Ohio was awarded the contract to staff and manage the center earlier this year. The group began its duties Aug. 1, according Dr. Spencer Johnson, medical director of the emergency department. One issue the group has tackled is cutting down the time patients wait to see a physician.

Within the last few months, the hospital was certified to perform elective procedures in its cardiac catheterization and interventional procedures labs. Elective procedures address patients who show warnings signs of possible cardiac distress, including chest pain, but arent necessarily having a heart attack, said Johnson. Area doctors and cardiologists have been using the catheterization lab for elective procedures liberally, said Johnson. Cardiologists are ramping up their elective heart catheterizations significantly.There are certain risk factors associated with coronary heart disease. Those with higher blood pressure, diabetes, smokers and those who have a family history of heart disease are at a higher risk for heart disease, according Johnson.