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First baby arrives at re-opened Beaumont Wayne

The Beaumont- Wayne Hospital
reopened just in time for Wayne res-
ident Amara Webster and her hus-
band, City Councilman Jeremiah
Webster, to celebrate the birth of
their third child, Jameson Webster,
at 4:22 a.m. on May 6. Jameson was
the first baby born after the hospital
reopened although Jeremiah said
there was one other couple there
who delivered their baby later in the
afternoon.
Baby Jameson received a onesie
decorated with moons and stars an-
nouncing him as a Beaumont Baby.
The couple are ecstatic their baby is
healthy and happy.
When the hospital went fully
COVID-19 before closing last month,
the Websters were told they would
have to deliver their baby at Beau-
mont Dearborn. Jeremiah says he
wasn’t confident that Beaumont
Wayne would reopen, but he was cau- Beaumont Birthing Center staff happy to be back at work to serve the community.
tiously optimistic. He was pleasantly
surprised when the Wayne campus worried that they might have to start The doctors and
opened as Jameson was ready to over at a different hospital, if a differ-
come into the world. “Everything ent hospital would even accept them.
aligned,” smiled Jeremiah. Jameson With the birth of their previous nurses, he said, were
joined a long line of Websters to be son, Nolan, Jeremiah said they were
born in Wayne. Jeremiah, Jere- able to have so many family mem- all talking about how
miah’s mother and sister, and the bers come to the hospital to cele-
Websters’ two other children were all brate with them. This experience thrilled they were to
born at the hospital in Wayne. was so different. Once Jeremiah en-
“Everyone is so happy to be tered the hospital with Amara about be back. Amara’s
back,” Jeremiah said. The doctors to give birth, he was not allowed to
and nurses, he said, were all talking leave. He said if he did leave, he doctor told them he
about how thrilled they were to be would not have been able to come
back. Amara’s doctor told them he back in. No other family members
prefers to work out of Beaumont are allowed in the hospital. They prefers to work out of
Wayne. The doctors who were doing have had to video chat with their
their residencies at Beaumont Wayne other two children to show off the Beaumont Wayne. Jameson Webster, born at 4:22 a.m. on
were all thrilled to be back. They had new baby brother. May 6.
Beaumont Wayne re-opens doors to community

Carolyn Marnon COVID-19 hospital as the state's ities or laid-off employees in the were trying to work with their em-
Beaumont Wayne Hospital re- largest hospital system braced for a midst of the COVID-19 pandemic ployees, but employees indicated to
opened Tuesday, May 5th, after a surge. The surge turned out to be where health care workers are con- the Mayor that they didn’t know what
month-long controversy over the more moderate, with state health of- sidered heroes. Wayne city officials was actually going on. “What was
healthcare facility’s sudden closure ficials crediting social distancing, the received numerous calls from health- happening inside the hospital was
in the middle of a nationwide pan- stay at home order and other factors care workers who were confused not matching with what Beaumont
demic. The hospital is now serving for that progress. On March 26, about what was happening in their officials were saying”, said Mayor
both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 Beaumont was caring for 650 con- own place of employment. Beaumont Rhaesa. “COVID-19 patients in crit-
patients after receiving regulatory ap- firmed COVID-19 patients and over Wayne has been prominent in the ical condition were being moved to
provals. The hospital will be reopen- 200 patients with tests pending. City of Wayne for years. other hospitals even though Wayne
ing in phases as additional staff is Beaumont Wayne staff members Mayor Rhaesa said the messages was designated a COVID-19 only
brought back to work. and community members were all that Beaumont was releasing about hospital”, the Mayor added. Mayor
When the pandemic was starting stunned when the hospital suddenly the closure were contradictory to Rhaesa went on to add that he felt
to hit the Detroit area, Beaumont shut their doors and either reas- what seemed to be actually occur-
Wayne was designated a reserve signed staff to other Beaumont facil- ring. Beaumont officials said they See Hospital, page 4
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