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Striking Nurses Turned Away as Henry Ford Genesys Treated Church Shooting Victims

Hospital says it was appropriately staffed under its mass-casualty plan.

Overview

  • Law enforcement reported four people killed and eight injured in the Grand Blanc Township church attack, and said the shooter also died and everyone present was accounted for.
  • Striking Teamsters nurses rushed to help at Henry Ford Genesys and were briefly let inside before administrators asked them to leave, according to nurses on the picket line.
  • Henry Ford Health said returning strikers lacked access to electronic medical records and medications, and warned that adding extra personnel during a multi-casualty response could compromise care.
  • Hospital leaders said the trauma team activated mass-casualty command and confirmed treating 10 patients from the church, including five with gunshot wounds and five for smoke inhalation.
  • The walkout by roughly 650 to 700 nurses began Sept. 1 over staffing ratios and premium pay, negotiations remain stalled into a fourth week, and Henry Ford cites about $50 million in annual losses at Genesys as context for operational changes.