UH OH. Ya wanna root for your hometown hospital, but the latest ratings released by a national nonprofit group that measures hospital safety gives you pause. Leapfrog Group rates hospitals based on factors like infections, bed sores, falls, embolisms, staff hand washing, leaving objects in a patient's body during ... Continue Reading
SportsPlex Moving, Wall Feud Continues, Beachhouse Downsizing, Beacon House Wondering; Also Hospital Questions, Marquette Lobbyist, and the War Club
THE U.P. SPORTSPLEX, THE family fun center on Wright Street, is closing down for most activities as of Sunday evening. The building and the property are being sold to the city. That's the bad news. Good news? It's going to reopen, in smaller quarters at the current Peak Gymnastics facility just a block away on Wright ... Continue Reading
Overworked Nurses and a New B & B
"I AM WORKING with a lot of unhappy, tired, overworked nurses these days. It's the worst I've seen in all my years at the hospital." That's a quote from a veteran nurse at UP Health System-Marquette (the former MGH) who understandably wants to remain anonymous. She's not alone. This, from another nurse: "We have ... Continue Reading