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tient count was hovering
about 430 — still up by 50
from a year ago, officials
said.
Sinai in the coming weeks
plans to open a 25-bed
medical surgical unit, now
under renovation.
The mood at Sinai has
changed dramatically in two
years. The hospital reported
$8 million in profits this
year. It also expanded units
and greater numbers of doc-
tors have admitted more pa-
tients.
In 1990, the financially
strapped hospital was
fighting for its life. Sinai's
board members were con-
sidering selling the hospital
to Detroit Medical Center, a
move that could have
resulted in massive depart-
ment cuts or a closing of the
hospital. Sinai brought in a
consulting group, laid off
200 of its employees and re-
organized.
The latest census report
"is very encouraging for the
hospital," said Dr. Gerald
Loomus, a Sinai oncologist
and a former spokesman for
the now disbanded coalition
of doctors. "The hospital has
acquired quite a number of
new physicians, and it is
functioning much better
than it did a few years ago.
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"This has made us feel"
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Dr. Loomus said. "I think it
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Mr. Schaengold, who came
to Sinai in February from cz,
Kansas City, is focusing on
outreach to the Detroit and
Jewish communities.
At the Outer Drive site,
Sinai has set up a Center for
Clear Vision (for exams with
optometrists and to get fitted
for glasses and contact
lenses) and established
mammography suite with
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In the past year, the
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site. Additional doctors are
opening practices in the pro-
fessional building on Six
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opening a family care clinic
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and Coolidge in Oak Park.
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