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Natural Birthing Center Opens at Beaumont Hospital

November 5, 2014 2874 Views Eastern U.S., General John F. Kelly, Park, Rear Adm. Kyle Cozard, Southern Command, UConn Health

ROYAL OAK, Mich. — The Karmanos Center for Natural Birth opened on Nov. 3 at Beaumont Hospital.

The hospital calls it a safe and natural birthing alternative for expectant moms in metro Detroit. It combines the comforts of a high-end home with the safety net of a high-tech hospital. The birthing center was built as part of the Danialle & Peter Karmanos Jr. Birth Center at Beaumont through a $6 million gift from Danialle and Peter Karmanos Jr. Karmanos has four sons who were born naturally, including two who were born at Beaumont, Royal Oak.

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Health Care Systems to Eliminate Flame-Retardant Furnishings

September 17, 2014 1613 Views active learning classroom, Baptist Beaumont Hospital, Bioscience Connecticut, Eastern U.S., IU Health Goshen Hospital, Ken Harman, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, National Award of Merit DBIA, Springhill Medical Center, Steffian Bradley Architects, UConn Health

CHICAGO — Several major U.S. health systems have committed to purchasing furniture made without toxic, flame-retardant chemicals, building sector-wide momentum to eliminate what these systems now consider an unnecessary health threat.