Health department policy protects COVID-19 patients’ privacy. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — In order to protect patients’ privacy, District Health Department #10 does not release specific information about COVID-19 patients, such as the person’s age, gender or town of residence, said DHD#10 Public Information Officer Jeannine Taylor. “We are not providing information about a specific person — we are…
Pentwater school employee tests positive for COVID-19. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor PENTWATER — A Pentwater Public School employee has tested positive for COVID-19, said Superintendent/Principal Scott Karaptian. The employee “wasn’t feeling well” and went to work March 12 and 13 at the school. The person, whose age and gender are not being released, was never hospitalized, Karaptian said. The person was…
Hospital issues COVID-19 testing guidelines. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. Editor’s Note: There have been many questions from the community about the local COVID-19 response and testing procedures at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. Many social media comments are speculations or second-hand information, many filled with mis-information. MCP reached out to SHLH, the experts, for the facts of the situation, which can…
First COVID-19 death in DHD #10 region. District Health Department #10 (DHD#10) announced the first COVID-19 death in the district’s 10-county jurisdiction Thursday, March 26. The individual from Mecosta County was an 82-year-old man who was admitted to Spectrum Health in Big Rapids Wednesday, March 25. “We wish to express our heartfelt sympathies to the family who lost their loved…
First confirmed COVID-19 case in Oceana County. District Health Department #10 reported the first confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in an Oceana County resident Thursday, March 26. “DHD#10 is working quickly to investigate this case and to determine if there were any close contacts to this individual,” states a press release from the health department. COVID-19 cases in the 10-county…
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