Patients tucked into beds at new facility after massive move effort

As the last patient cleared a designated 800-foot patient pathway, staff, faculty and volunteers broke into cheers, tears and many, many hugs.

Years in the making, the much anticipated Move Day came to a close much earlier than anyone imagined.

It ended at 3 p.m. with an adult patient, the last of 166, making the journey down a closed, protected pathway into a sparkly new spacious facility.

The move was carefully choreographed and rehearsed. The payoff was obvious as the last patient moved hours before anticipated.
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U-M hospitals win award for being among the nation’s safest

The University of Michigan hospitals are among the safest and most effective hospitals in the country, according to a new national ranking from the respected independent health care quality rating organization, The Leapfrog Group. This is the second year in a row, and third year overall, that Leapfrog named the U-M Hospitals and Health Centers a top hospital.
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