ment without the present upheaval
being experienced by the Grace and
iinai merger, one cannot blame
them for seeking tranquility not
only for themselves but for their
patients."
Physicians currently working at
Sinai said they were not permitted
to speak to the media. However,
DMC officials have said they have,
and will, deal fairly with Sinai doc-
tors.
"it "The physicians are the key rea-
son we ultimately brought Sinai into
the system. They are obviously a key
resource to the community," DMC
Chief Executive Officer David
Campbell noted in an interview
with The Jewish News last month.
The Sinai-Grace merger should
reduce overall operating costs in the
bong term, but in the short run will
total over $165 million in building
renovations and other costs, said
Juliette Okotie-Eboh, DMC vice
president of corporate public affairs.
"The DMC requested that we .
look at all our major capital projects
that were under way and charged us
to re-evaluate them because of the
financial challenges we're facing,"
said Okotie-Eboh, noting DMC is
projecting a loss of $40 million for
1998. "At the end of four months,
we may decide to go on as planned
or may scale back the size and scope
of the project."
Scaling back might mean reduc-
ing the number of services offered at
Sinai and referring patients to
MC's downtown or Huron Valley
locations instead, she said.
Former Sinai physician Herman
noted that the Sinai-Grace merger
will entail challenges other than the
financial ones. "For the last several
decades, Sinai and Grace medical
staff have been competitors and now
they are being asked to work as a
s ingle medical staff," he said. "This
will require a lot of adjustment and
will take time to work itself through.
I'm sure both staffs are apprehen-
sive."
Neither Sinai nor Providence
serve as many Jewish News sub-
scribers as they did five years ago,
according to a recent Simmons-
ewish News survey. Based on sur-
veyed Jewish News subscribers who
have visited a medical facility in the
past 12 months, usage of Sinai has
dropped from 35.4 percent to 25.9
percent, and usage of Providence has .
dropped from 17 percent to 11.4
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