Michigan State opens medical clinic in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — Gifts of property to universities often are sold and endowments are established in the donor's name, but the family of Dr. Michael Popoff had other ideas for the Detroit clinic where he practiced for nearly a half-century before his death last year.
The gift to Michigan State University came with a stipulation: The East Lansing school must operate the eastside clinic for at least three years.
That could have been the end of the conversation between the family and the school with no medical facilities outside of mid-Michigan, but deal was struck when Dr. Derrick Williamson, a university graduate who works in Detroit, stepped up to serve as its medical director.
On Tuesday, the school will open the Michigan State University of Osteopathic Medicine Popoff Clinic.
“I’m so glad that they agreed and came to realize what a benefit it would be for them and for the community,” Popoff’s widow, Linda Popoff, said in a release. “It is located in a medically underserved area and many patients don’t have transportation. For a year we had people calling to ask, ‘When are you going to get a doctor?’ It’s great we can say, ‘We have a doctor.’”
University officials say want to sustain the clinic for the residents while helping young doctors and medical students hone their skills. While it’s focusing initially on primary care, officials are looking expanding into prenatal care and collaborations with the university’s College of Nursing to bring in students and nurse practitioners.
If other medical needs are identified, residents in certain specialties could also come to the clinic. Michigan State’s medical school has a partnership with The Detroit Wayne County Health Authority to support 85 residencies.
Trump wins Michigan’s 16 electoral votes, state board says
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has won Michigan’s 16 electoral votes.
The Board of State Canvassers certified Trump’s 10,704-vote victory on Monday, nearly three weeks after the election. The two-tenths of a percentage point margin out of nearly 4.8 million votes is the closest presidential race in Michigan in more than 75 years.
Trump’s win in Michigan gives the Republican 306 electoral votes to Democrat Hillary Clinton’s 232.
Trump is the first Republican presidential nominee to win Michigan since 1988.
Green Party candidate Jill Stein is expected to ask for a recount. She has until Wednesday. Trump would have seven days to file objections to her request.
Black Women Lawyers of Michigan to host Cocktail Sip Dec. 15
The Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Michigan is hosting its 11th annual Cocktail Sip to raise money for Operation Good Cheer at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 at the Horatio Williams Foundation, 1010 Antietam Avenue in Detroit. BWLAM sponsors foster children, buys gifts, wraps them and mails them thru Operation Good Cheer. Ticket price includes open bar and strolling buffet. More information and online registration can be found at wwwmichbar.org.
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