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wdet.org | Sascha Raiyn |Nargis Rahman
On this episode of Detroit Evening Report Weekends, we listen to the second story in WDET reporter Nargis Rahman’s series Shustho. The four-part series explores the barriers Bangladeshi women face in accessing high quality health care, and efforts to bridge those gaps. In the second story, we meet several Bangladeshi American health care professionals working to provide culturally competent care to women in their community.
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wdet.org | Sascha Raiyn
A recent report from the state health department says big federal spending cuts threaten Medicaid benefits for 700,000 people in Michigan. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order in April asking the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to conduct a study into how Medicaid cuts would affect Michiganders. The report found that Michigan could lose $1.1 billion dollars a year in funding.
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wdet.org | Sascha Raiyn
The event “Essential Things Seniors Should Know About Hoarding” is taking place at the Lincoln Branch of the Detroit Public Library on Thursday, May 8. It’s organized by Brenda McGadney, an expert in aging. As a social worker, her focus was gerontology. But she says her work did not prepare her to deal with the disease her mother struggled with as she aged.
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wdet.org | Sascha Raiyn
Tonight on The Detroit Evening Report, we cover Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s recent decision to drop the charges against campus protesters; the city of Dearborn’s call for ideas for a new public art mural and more. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Nessel drops charges against protestersFelony charges against seven pro-Palestinian protesters have been dropped by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
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1 week ago |
wdet.org | Sascha Raiyn |Nargis Rahman
On this episode of Detroit Evening Report Weekends, we listen to the first story in WDET reporter Nargis Rahman’s series Shustho. The four-part series explores the barriers Bangladeshi women face in accessing high quality health care, and efforts to bridge those gaps. Michigan is home to the third largest population of Bangladeshis in the U.S., most living in the metro Detroit area.
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