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Garden City Hospital opens Community Health Center

By Sarah Shurge “Since 1947, Garden City Hospi-
“This is a major investment in tal has been at the center of the com-
this community’s health, today as we munity, where we work hard to build
open the brand new Westland Com- trust and improve the health of our
munity Health Center,” said Gover- community,” said Saju George, chief
nor Gretchen Whitmer at the grand executive officer, Garden City Hospi-
opening and ribbon-cutting cere- tal. “With the opening of the West-
mony of the new health center in land Community Health Center, we
Westland. are able to provide expanded access
The ceremony was on Wednesday, to healthcare for the people of West-
September 1st. land and the neighborhood commu-
It was a beautiful sunny day. The nities.”
crowd was full of uniforms, scrubs, The emergency department will
white lab coats, suits, and civilians. be staffed by emergency medicine
Fire engines, ambulances, and news trained physicians and experienced
trucks loaded the parking lot. staff.
“It’s a pretty exciting day. We ap- Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new health “This team has been nationally
preciate the investment, we appreci- recognized for their clinical expertise
ate the jobs,” said Westland Mayor center in Westland. Photo courtesy of WLND and patient safety for good reason.
Bill Wild. “This is the Westland Shop “The City of Westland, a lot of peo- care and services in one convenient They put Michiganers first and they
and Dine District. We’re right next to ple may not realize, but we’re actu- location, close to home. save lives,” said Governor Whitmer.
City Hall. So, there’s a lot of changes ally the largest city in Michigan that The new health center houses a Special thanks were given at the
in the future for this area and Gar- did not have a hospital in our bor- free-standing emergency depart- ceremony to Regional CEO Saju
den City Hospital’s going to be a ders. So we were always looking to ment, an outpatient family medicine George and his team at Garden City
major part of that.” bring a medical facility in our town clinic, physical therapy clinic, outpa- Hospital, Westland Mayor Bill Wild
The $10 million state-of-the-art that could help our residents,” said tient radiology services, lab services, and his team, Wayne County Execu-
facility is located on Warren Road in Mayor Wild. and multi-specialty physician offices. tive Warren Evans, the Garden City
Westland, where David’s Bridal and The Westland Community Health The facility is owned and oper- Hospital staff, Prime Healthcare for
Malarkey's Irish Pub formerly were Center offers Westland access to a ated by the team at Garden City Hos-
located. wide range of high-quality medical pital. See Health, page 15

8 · September 2021 · The Wayne Dispatch