Detroit Medical Center is Slashing 300 Jobs

The Detroit Medical Center, which Mike Duggan nursed back to health before quitting to run for mayor, is feeling a bit sickly.

Crain's Detroit Business reports that the DMC becomes the first hospital in Southeast Michigan to announce layoffs in preparation for millions of dollars in Medicare sequestration cuts.

"In corporate/administrative and selected hospital areas across the DMC that do not affect care, we are reducing and realigning staff levels by approximately a 2 percent FTE reduction or 300 employees," says Joe Mullany, DMC's CEO, in an employee e-newsletter released today, according to Crain's.