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Richland emergency physician tells commissioners equipment removed from MSU 3 and usable PPE was discarded
Summary
At the July 15 meeting, emergency physician Josh Massebrook told commissioners the Region 5 Healthcare Coalition removed equipment from MSU 3 at Comstock Fire Station without fire or hospital knowledge and that pandemic PPE stored regionally was moved and partially discarded; county administration said it will investigate and follow up.
During public comment at the July 15 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners meeting, Dr. Josh Massebrook, an emergency physician from Richland, raised concerns about the handling of two regional medical assets.
Massebrook described a county asset known as Medical Support Unit 3 (MSU 3), a mobile unit housed at Comstock Fire Station used for rehabilitation, patient support and mass-casualty response. He said the Region 5…
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