Beaumont hospitals recognizing #HealthCareHeroes: Blue searchlights to shine April 9-15

Searchlights support Beaumont staff and community first responders caring for patients during the pandemic

WHEN: From April 9-15 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
WHERE: All 8 Beaumont hospitals: · Beaumont, Dearborn · Beaumont, Farmington Hills · Beaumont, Grosse Pointe · Beaumont, Royal Oak · Beaumont, Taylor · Beaumont, Trenton · Beaumont, Troy · Beaumont, Wayne
WHAT: · The searchlights are part of the ongoing Beaumont campaign to show gratitude to health care workers and first responders during the pandemic. · Blue searchlights will shine at all hospital campuses for one week: April 9-15. · Searchlights will shine from 8 to 10 p.m. ·

The Searchlights are part of “Home Beams for Health Care Teams” initiative.

Every evening at 8 p.m., families are encouraged to step outside their house to shine a flashlight toward their nearest hospital to show their support for health care heroes across Southeast Michigan. Families are also encouraged to put blue light bulbs in their porch light or tie a blue ribbon around a tree as a sign of support to health care heroes and first responders.

CONTACT: Bob Ortlieb at 248-854-8764/cell for more information.

Beaumont Health Beaumont Health is Michigan’s largest health care system and is most preferred for health care in Southeast Michigan, according to NRC Health survey data. The not-for-profit organization was created to provide patients with greater access to compassionate, extraordinary care, every day. Beaumont Health has a total net revenue of $4.7 billion and consists of eight hospitals with 3,429 beds, 145 outpatient sites, nearly 5,000 physicians, 38,000 employees and 3,500 volunteers. In 2018, Beaumont Health had about 178,000 inpatient discharges, 18,000 births and 573,000 emergency visits. For more information, visit beaumont.org