8/27/21 - More Help For Rural Hospitals

A $13 million grant will go to support 51 small, rural hospitals in Michigan to support COVID-19 mitigation.

LANSING, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) secured a $13 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration for 51 small, rural hospitals in Michigan to support COVID-19 testing and mitigation.

“Our top priority is supporting the brave professionals on the frontlines of our health care industry in every corner of our state to ensure that they have what they need to protect themselves, their family, and their neighbors,” said Governor Whitmer. “This funding will help rural hospitals continue serving their communities by expanding their COVID-19 testing capacity and mitigation efforts. I want to thank the nurses, doctors, and all medical professionals who continue to go above and beyond to keep people safe each and every day.”

Hospitals receiving funding include:

• Ascension Allegan
• Ascension Borgess-Lee Hospital
• Ascension Standish
• Ascension St. Joseph
• Aspirus Iron River Hospital & Clinics, Inc
• Aspirus Ironwood Hospital
• Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital
• Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital
• Baraga County Memorial Hospital
• Bronson Lakeview Hospital
• Bronson South Haven Hospital
• Deckerville Hospital
• Dickinson County Healthcare System
• Eaton Rapids Medical Center
• Harbor Beach Community Hospital
• Helen Newberry Joy Hospital
• Hillsdale Hospital
• Hills & Dales General Hospital
• Kalkaska Memorial Health Center
• Mackinac Straits Health System
• Marlette Regional Hospital
• McKenzie Health System
• McLaren Caro Community Hospital
• McLaren Central Michigan
• McLaren Thumb Region
• MidMichigan Medical Center Clare
• MidMichigan Medical Center Gladwin
• MidMichigan Medical Center Gratiot
• MidMichigan Medical Center West Branch
• Munising Memorial Hospital
• Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital
• Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital
• Munson Healthcare Grayling
• Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital
• OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group
• Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital
• Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital
• Portage Hospital, LLC
• Promedica Coldwater Regional Hospital
• Promedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital (Bixby)
• Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital
• Sheridan Community Hospital
• Scheurer Hospital
• Sparrow Carson Hospital
• Sparrow Clinton Hospital
• Sparrow Eaton Hospital
• Sparrow Ionia Hospital
• Sturgis Hospital
• Three Rivers Health
• UP Health System-Bell
• War Memorial Hospital