Michigan Chief Medical Officer Wins Distinguished Public Health Award Despite Manslaughter Charge
The doctor facing involuntary manslaughter and other charges related to the Flint water crisis has been awarded the highest individual award given by local health departments in Michigan.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced that Dr. Eden Wells, chief medical executive for the state, received the Michigan Association for Local Public Health and Michigan Public Health Association's Roy R. Manty Distinguished Service Award.
The award is described by the awarding organizations as the highest individual honor given by the local public health community.
It was created to honor the late Roy R. Manty, who served the last 15 years of his life in the field of local health administration within the Michigan Department of Public Health.
Wells, 55, is waiting for a Genesee District Court judge to decide whether she will be bound over for a jury trial in Genesee Circuit Court on the criminal charges against her.
Judge William Crawford has yet to schedule a date to announce his decision on charges of involuntary manslaughter, willful neglect of duty, misconduct in office and lying to a peace officer.
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