Statewide emergency drill planned at UM Health-Sparrow Tuesday

LANSING, Mich. (News 10) – A statewide emergency management drill is scheduled for Tuesday, and residents may notice increased activity outside University of Michigan Health-Sparrow’s St. Lawrence Campus in Lansing.

UM Health-Sparrow said emergency personnel wearing personal protective equipment will be outside the facility from approximately 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. as part of the exercise. Workers will transport a mannequin serving as a mock patient infected with a special pathogen.

According to hospital officials, the patient will travel from Detroit to the St. Lawrence Campus before continuing to Grand Rapids…

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