1:36 AM, Dec. 4, 2012'
State Sen. Joe Hune, R-Hamburg Township, on Monday renewed his call for suspending the Michigan license of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy linked to a national fungal meningitis outbreak.
Hune, for a second time, called on the Michigan Department of Community Health to suspend New England Compounding Center's Michigan license following news of 10 more Michigan cases of meningitis-related infections linked to contaminated steroids produced at the facility.
"I once again demand
the license be revoked. I would like to see the de-partment investigate this wrongdoing so we can prosecute to the fullest extent of the law," Hune said in a statement.
the license be revoked. I would like to see the de-partment investigate this wrongdoing so we can prosecute to the fullest extent of the law," Hune said in a statement.
The department on Monday announced that there are 201 cases and 13 deaths in Michigan tied to the infections, The Associated Press reported.
Additional cases of infection were announced Monday afternoon, bringing the state total up from 188 infections in a count last week.
Four of the deaths were of Livingston County residents, the state reported. Three of the Michigan deaths are being counted
as Indiana cases because that is where treatment occurred in those cases.
as Indiana cases because that is where treatment occurred in those cases.
Hune in recent weeks first called for suspending the Massachusetts company's Michigan license. An October order of summary suspension filed by Gov. Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette awaits the signature of the state Bureau of Health Professions director.
If signed, the order will suspend the New England Compounding Center's Michigan license and force the company to cease its operations in Michigan, Hune said.
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