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4:37 pm
Mon August 13, 2012

VIDEO: UM Survival Flight adds three helicopters to the fleet

The University of Michigan Health System is phasing in three new helicopters to their Survival Flight fleet this week.

The new helicopters look like slender U of M football helmets. They can travel faster, farther and more quietly than the old helicopters, and carry additional equipment and fuel.

The new helicopters will replace their 14-year-old counterparts, the Bell 430. Flight nurses expressed enthusiasm for the new aircrafts, but they were also sad to see their old helicopters go. 

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3:46 pm
Mon July 30, 2012

Medical technician may have infected Michigan patients with Hepatitis C

Credit photo from David Kwaitkowski's Facebook page
David Kwiatkowski

Michigan health officials say a hospital worker who allegedly spread Hepatitis-C to patients at a hospital in New Hampshire also worked at several facilities in Michigan.

They suggest former patients at those Michigan hospitals may want to get tested for Hepatitis-C.

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