November 16, 2006

Medical society slams WSU-DMC contract dispute

The Michigan State Medical Society weighed in Wednesday on the contract dispute between Wayne State University and the Detroit Medical Center, declaring a \"state of emergency\" because of the potential effect of the dispute on the state\'s supply of doctors and patients\' access to health care. \"This is not a test of wills or a political game to be played between a hospital administrator and a group of physician educators,\" said Dr. Paul Farr, president of the independent physicians organization that represents 15,000 doctors statewide, in a statement. \"This impasse has catastrophic implications for our whole state.\" The medical society, which represents the nearly 1,000 residents in the WSU-DMC residency program, said Michigan will have a deficit of 6,000 doctors by 2020.

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