In early April Detroit’s TCF Center became a 1,000-bed alternate care site to help ease the burden on local hospitals during the COVID-19 crisis. The 723,000-square-foot facility became the TCF Regional Care Center. According to Pure Michigan’s Michelle Grinnell, who serves as public information officer for the state’s alternate care sites, 39 patients were treated at TCF, the last of whom was discharged on May 7. Grinnell says health data had improved enough in the state for work at the center to be put on hold while its beds would remain in place. “This really is a pause versus shutting down,” says Grinnell, “with TCF Regional Care Center standing ready to receive patients again if the need arises throughout the state.”
