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Some seeking shelter sent to hospital in MI

By Tony Tagliavia MI Live -- No one is staying at the American Red Cross oil spill shelter set up outside Marshall -- but that's at least in part because, in nurse Kathy Ledebuhr's words "they're all coming to us sick, and that's scary."

The area Red Cross nursing chair said she sent two people to Oaklawn Hospital on Thursday and one to urgent care in Battle Creek.

"I've talked to all the medical facilities now and they are prepared to take my people," Ledebuhr said. "We've set the relationship up."

People living near the spill have contaminated clothes, she said, and the Red Cross probably will have to throw away cots that people have used.

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Submitted Jul 29, 2010 By: epf

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ENORMS Champion Author Colorado Posts:2,173 Points:702,525 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 7:23:25 AM Ignore ENORMS Report Abuse Hopefully lessons were learned from the Gulf spill!
APlus Veteran Author San Antonio Posts:447 Points:199,615 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 6:04:23 AM Ignore APlus Report Abuse Oil spills can make folks sick.
Huskersed All-Star Author Atlanta Posts:514 Points:265,760 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 12:14:42 AM Ignore Huskersed Report Abuse Ruined everybody's life
epf Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:1,594 Points:926,825 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2010 8:25:24 PM Ignore epf Report Abuse Note the Chicago storyChicago mayor wants oil investigation
epf Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:1,594 Points:926,825 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2010 8:22:47 PM Ignore epf Report Abuse Not good, for those of us in MI, this should be a wake-up call.