Kettering Health emergency depts. ‘fully operational'
Its ERs are now accepting walk-ins as well as those transported by ambulance.
Cyberattack a gut-punch to Kettering Health patients, staff
'This is another great milestone in our recovery process,' said John Weimer, Kettering Health senior vice president and leader for incident command. 'Our teams have worked incredibly hard to bring imaging up, so we could end diversion in our emergency departments.'
The health care provider is slowly bringings systems impacted by last week's cyberattack back online. Staff and technicians worked across Memorial Day weekend to bring its Radiation Oncology department back online.
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