North Michigan prepares for bird flu
July 3rd, 2006
The upper counties of Iron, Dickinson, Delta and Menominee have organized a simulation to practice health safety measure for the event of a flu pandemic. In Delta County, OSF Saint Francis Hospital officials, aided by the Department of Homeland Security and other official institutions, used a conference room to turn it into a headquarter for coordinating the situation. Although the simulation followed a certain plan, most officials were not aware of the exact nature and sequence of events and treated the situation very realistically. One of the organizers of the event said the aim was to stimulate the thought process and see what type of preparedness the community had.