“Amid shortages around the country, the University of Toledo Medical Center announced Tuesday its pathology lab has started testing samples for coronavirus in an effort to speed up the time it takes to process results locally.
The testing, which began Monday with a beta-test batch of 21 samples, takes up to 48 hours for results. The lab at UTMC, the former Medical College of Ohio hospital, has the capability to process up to 180 samples per day through two batches of 90 samples each. The lab is the first in northwest Ohio equipped to test for coronavirus. Officials hope it will drastically cut the time it takes to process a test locally.”
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Blade: UT removes restriction that UTMC physicians must be faculty
“The board at a special meeting removed a requirement that physicians at the hospital must be UT faculty members. Proponents of the change believe it will help bring in additional physicians — and thus revenue — to the South Toledo hospital, the former Medical College of Ohio hospital, although some also fear it could ease the way for a sale.”
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Blade: Save UTMC Citizens Group remains hopeful during fight to save South Toledo Hospital
“Members of the Save UTMC Citizens Group spoke of hope and progress during a town hall meeting on Saturday.
The town hall held at South Toledo’s Park Congregational Church at 1456 Harvard Blvd., Toledo, was filled with community members eager to learn of updates regarding the coalition’s fight to sustain the University of Toledo Medical Center.
During a meeting in February, former Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, the group organizer, said a critical problem is that the clinical teaching faculty moved with students and residents from UTMC to ProMedica Toledo Hospital. He added that the process has depleted the number of physicians admitting patients to UTMC, the former Medical College of Ohio Hospital.”
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Blade: Save UTMC coalition makes appeal to Gov. DeWine
“The Save UTMC Citizens Group heard from a distinguished speaker among many at its town hall meeting on Saturday as the group pushed to increase pressure on Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to intervene and help save the facility.
Dr. Donna Woodson, a UT professor emerita who previously served as the Lucas County Board of Health president for 14 years, expressed concern about the situation, especially as it relates to medical students.”
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Blade: Save UTMC Citizens Group seeks support for South Toledo hospital
“Community members with the Save UTMC Citizens Group on Tuesday called for continuous support in the fight to sustain the University of Toledo Medical Center.”
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Blade: University of Toledo board, citing operating losses, says it is considering sale of UTMC
“The University of Toledo Board of Trustees is “considering all options” for the college’s medical center — including selling it — as the hospital is reporting more than $12 million in operating losses through two quarters of fiscal year 2020.”
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Blade: Coalition addresses ‘scary’ uncertainty about UTMC ahead of trustees meeting
“The president of the University of Toledo dispelled speculation that a sale of the school’s medical center was looming for a trustees meeting Monday after members of a grassroots coalition said they were tipped off to a potential vote.
University President Sharon Gaber told The Blade Saturday the board of trustees will not vote Monday about selling UTMC, the former Medical College of Ohio Hospital, but she acknowledged members will discuss the South Toledo hospital’s financial “shortfalls.”
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Blade: Community leaders to host news conference about future of UTMC
“Ohio Sen. Teresa Fedor will join community leaders and union representatives from the University of Toledo Medical Center Saturday for a news conference to address “ongoing issues,” at the hospital.
Joining Senator Fedor will be former Toledo mayor Carty Finkbeiner, AFSCME 2415 president Randy Desposito and local labor leaders, according to a news release. The conference takes place at 10:30 a.m. Park Church on 1456 Harvard Blvd. in South Toledo.”
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Blade: UTMC CEO: ‘This is not a hospital we’re shutting. This is a hospital we’re building’
“The University of Toledo Medical Center’s transition to become a “community hospital” with a focus on specialized behavioral health has not been an easy sell to South Toledoans, activists, and some of the employees who currently walk its halls.”
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Blade: UTMC’s future to be discussed at community meetings
“A group of South Toledo activists is hosting meetings in January to hear from area residents regarding the University of Toledo Medical Center, which has served as the area’s local hospital for decades but is facing criticism for reducing services and downgrading its trauma status.”
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