NOVI, Mich. (WXYZ) — The DaVita Dialysis Center in Novi is set to reopen on Thursday after being closed for more than a week for a state investigation.
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That investigation came after the death of a woman and hospitalizations of other patients connected to the center.
Watch our past coverage on the investigation below
Novi police began their investigation last week, but later concluded it found no evidence of suspicious activity, foul play or criminal contact. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services then took over and was handling the matter as a public health investigation.
A 72-year-old woman from Livonia died after receiving treatment at the center earlier this month. Multiple others were hospitalized, including one patient who was in the intensive care unit.
In a statement Tuesday, the company said the Novi Dialysis Center would reopen to patients on Thursday, July 2 following the temporary closure.
"We are proud to serve the Novi community, and the safety and well-being of our patients remain our highest priority. During the temporary closure, multiple third-party entities conducted comprehensive evaluations of center operations, including biomedical equipment reviews and water quality testing. Those reviews are complete and found no issues with the center’s systems or operations. We are confident in the care provided at our center and in our ability to continue delivering safe, high-quality treatment," the statement said.
Watch our previous report about the death and illnesses below:
"Dialysis really is a complex system. It relies on not only industries, suppliers, the city, the individual center," Larry Greenberg, DO, a nephrologist who has treated patients with kidney disease for decades, said.
Alethea Walls, an advocate for those with kidney disease and the policy committee chair for Dialysis Patient Citizens, receives dialysis treatments at the Royal Oak DaVita location four times a week. She was receiving treatment during our interview and said her location has seen an influx of patients as those from the Novi center are redirected to other facilities.
"I definitely would like to know what happened. I'm extremely curious," Walls said. "It's a very concerning situation."
DaVita is one of the largest U.S. providers of dialysis treatments, with over 2,600 centers nationwide. In 2018, the company was ordered to pay $383.5 million to the families of three patients who died after treatment. The company had no updates when reached Thursday except that the facility remains closed.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services released a statement. It reads:
"In collaboration with LARA and local public health, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services staff conducted site visits at DaVita Novi Dialysis facility last week. Public health staff did not find significant breaches in protocol. Public health staff will continue to monitor the situation and will perform additional site visits to observe facility patient operations."
While the state investigation has wrapped up, the legal investigation is only beginning, as attorneys with Fieger Law say they have been sought out my multiple impacted families who received routine treatment at the Novi DaVita location, including Smiley Ramahha.
Ramahha was one of the people hospitalized after he received treatment on June 19, 2026.
“I’m very worried. I wish I can protest in front of them and stop people from going in there," he said. "I will not go back to that place.”
Attorneys say a temporary restraining order has been filed to preserve any evidence at the Novi location.
“Certainly, we didn’t believe that it would be concluded this quickly. Again, that somewhat is very shocking for a case of this magnitude," attorney Milica Filipovic said. “Our temporary restraining order essentially seeks to keep DaVita Dialysis, specifically within the Novi location, from destroying or otherwise altering or getting rid of evidence that would be critical to help prove any claims.”
DaVita directed us to their above statement when asked about the legal investigation.
