Wayne County investigators are trying to determine if Beaumont Wayne Hospital improperly stored the bodies of those who succumbed to the novel coronavirus after 50 bodies were found in a makeshift morgue. The Detroit metropolitan area is among the hardest hit in the US.
Beaumont Hospital is at the center of a probe by Wayne County Health Department investigators after a tip led to the discovery of a makeshift morgue containing the bodies of 50 coronavirus victims.
The probe comes just days after Beaumont Health announced they were laying off nearly 2,500 employees and terminating another 450, due to significant first-quarter profit losses related to the COVDI-19 outbreak. "Once we obtained approval, we worked quickly to ensure that part of the warehouse space could serve this temporary purpose in a safe, appropriate, and respectful way," Geary said in a statement."Beaumont continues to use the rest of the warehouse to store much-needed supplies we distribute to our hospitals across metro Detroit."
In the north Detroit suburb of Oakland County, hospitals are considering using ice rinks as a last resort, Fox 2 Detroit reported.
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