Beaumont Health says 370 people could lose jobs over vaccine
by Associated Press
Dr. Paul Bozyk, assistant chief of critical care and pulmonary medicine at the William Beaumont hospital is interviewed at the hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan in this 2020 photo. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. —
Michigan’s largest health care provider suspended 1% of its workers after they failed to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Beaumont Health had set an Oct. 18 deadline.
Crain's Detroit Business says the 370 employees now have until Nov. 16 to get a shot or they will be discharged.
Spokesman Mark Geary says Beaumont hopes they decide to get the vaccine and return to work.
An additional 70 employees resigned.
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At Henry Ford Health System, 400 refused to get the vaccine by an October deadline and lost their jobs.
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