The last few weeks have been very positive for the UTMC South Toledo Campus and our Coalition! This past Monday, September 22, the University of Toledo Board of Trustees extended the interim president Gregory Postel’s post to 24 months. Our coalition has found Dr. Postel open and positive to work with. We believe he is keeping a much closer watch on our Health Science Campus than was his predecessor.
Earlier this month, our Steering Committee, Northwest Ohio public officials, and several ranking UT officials spent 2 hours in teleconference with President Postel and Board Chair Al Baker. It was a very interesting and satisfactory conversation, and we have learned that many positive initiatives are being considered by the university.
Also, in the past 2 months, our UTMC Hospital exceeded fiscal expectations for the first two months of the fiscal year by $6 million.
Another positive: Dr. Ishmael Parsai, a very talented research scientist working at the Dana Cancer Center had been ordered to report to ProMedica’s Flower Hospital by Sept. 1. He refused. The Save UTMC Coalition stood firmly behind Dr. Parsai, and he has been allowed to continue his work at the Dana Cancer Center.
Finally, backed with our support, 15 doctors from the Toledo Clinic have begun practicing at our South Toledo campus. We could not be more delighted.
We thank all our members, including AFSCME Local 2415 members for all of your strength, courage, hard work, and endurance on working to save UTMC. We have beautiful coffee mugs with our logo for each family on our roster, and plenty of yard signs to go around. Please contact Carty or Randy and they will let you know how you can get either item.
Thank you for your encouragement and support!
Carty Finkbeiner, Save UTMC Coalition Steering Committee 419-389-4940
Randy Desposito, President, AFSCME Local 2415 419-902-1287