4/5/2008 - New Leaf Metabolic Assessments now offered at The Lifestyle Center Measuring your Resting Metabolic Rate is a simple 12-minute assessment that is now offered at The Lifestyle Center in Visalia. The New Leaf system provides the highest level of accuracy and the capacity to determine your caloric burn rate at rest. Th...[ Read More ]
3/25/2008 - Kaweah Delta Board Approves Name Change On Monday, March 24, Lindsay Mann, CEO of Kaweah Delta Health Care District, presented a proposal to the Board to change the organizations name, which, was approved. The organization name will NOT be changed from "Kaweah Delta Health Care District", ...[ Read More ]
3/21/2008 - Kaweah Delta Talent Show LIVE at the Visalia Fox Theatre Kaweah Delta Health Care District will be holding their second annual Talent Show on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Fox Theatre in downtown Visalia, CA.
Employees will be performing great acts like…singing, guitar playing, ra...[ Read More ]
2/21/2008 - “Aqui Entre Nos” Diabetes Retreat 2008 With funding from the Dinuba Alta Family Health Clinic and Bayer Pharmaceuticals and in partnership with the Visalia Health Care Center, Family HealthCare Network, Clinica Vida Sana, Promotora’s Network, California Diabetes Project and other local he...[ Read More ]
2/11/2008 - Visalia Pursues Trauma Site Kaweah Delta Hospital could soon become the central San Joaquin Valley's second trauma center, providing a new destination for the most critically injured patients.
The Visalia hospital would fill a 110-mile gap between Community Regional Medical...[ Read More ]
1/29/2008 - Breast Feeding Initiatives at Kaweah Delta Hospital get a Boost With a recent increase in internal initiatives to increase breastfeeding rates, Kaweah Delta Hospital got a boost from the California Department of Public Health. Kaweah Delta is one of four hospitals in the San Joaquin Valley to be chosen to receive...[ Read More ]
12/13/2007 - Intensive Care Unit staff donate toys to CASA Instead of buying each other gifts for Christmas, the staff on the Intensive Care Unit at Kaweah Delta Hospital decided to give gifts to the children of the CASA organization.
"These kids have nothing to call their own. The kids that we have gath...[ Read More ]
12/4/2007 - Kaweah Delta Hospital holds "Hospital Cheer" events Kaweah Delta Hospital began a new tradition this year with "Holiday Cheer" events throughout the month of December. On December 3, 6, 11, 12, and 18, different groups throughout the area will be performing Christmas carols outside the front doors of ...[ Read More ]
12/3/2007 - Light Up A Life Hospice of Tulare County invites community members to participate in its annual "Light Up A Life" ceremony and memorial service, which is intended to celebrate the joy of remembrance. It will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the Charter ...[ Read More ]
11/20/2007 - Kaweah Delta Urgent Care Extends Hours on Court Street Walk-in On Saturday, November 10, Kaweah Delta Urgent Care, located at 1633 S. Court Street in Visalia, extended its hours to Monday-Friday 8am-8pm and Saturday-Sunday 9am-8pm.
Kaweah Delta Urgent Care is a walk-in clinic for those seeking immediate medi...[ Read More ]
11/6/2007 - Exercise and the Stress Connection By Kala Donnelly Exercise Physiologist, CPT, CSCS
The winter holidays can be filled with busy schedules, parties, shopping and laughter, but there can also be tension and stress. For many people, the holidays mean time off from regular activities,...[ Read More ]
11/6/2007 - Are you Losing Calcium When You Sweat? Many of you are aware of the fact that exercise can help prevent osteoporosis. However, a new study indicates that you may be losing ground if you aren’t refueling your body with calcium.
The study found that men and women lose significant amounts ...[ Read More ]
10/18/2007 - Digital Mamography at Sequoia Imaging Center In 2005, the Breast Center at Sequoia Imaging, part of the Kaweah Delta Health Care District in Visalia, Calif., transitioned to a completely digital facility with the installation of two Hologic Selenia™ systems. Shortly after, they also began provi...[ Read More ]
10/16/2007 - Get Ready for a Busy Flu Season Get Ready for a Busy Flu SeasonBy Kathy Wittman RN, CIC, Kaweah Delta Health Care District
MYTH: “The flu isn’t a serious disease.”
Influenza (flu) is a serious disease of the nose, throat, and lungs, and it can lead...[ Read More ]
10/9/2007 - Sequoia Regional Cancer Center: MAMMOSITE RADIATION THERAPY Sequoia Regional Cancer Center in Visalia, offers women diagnosed with breast cancer more options than ever before. MammoSite Radiation Therapy was cleared by the FDA in 2002 and since then more than 32,000 women throughout the country have been trea...[ Read More ]
10/9/2007 - KAWEAH DELTA RECEIVES $525,000 GRANT FOR CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION Kaweah Delta Health Care District has been awarded a $525,000 three-year grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health to implement the Salud es Vida (Health is Life) Program. In partnerships with Alta Family Healt...[ Read More ]
9/28/2007 - FREE Family Health Education and Fitness Night in Dinuba A FREE Health Education and Fitness Night for the whole family will be held on Thursday, October 18, from 4:00 – 8:00 PM at the Dinuba Rose Ann Vuich Park located at the corner of El Monte Way and McKinley Way. This event is part of the Seventh Annua...[ Read More ]
9/28/2007 - New Dialysis Center will open to patients On Monday, October 1, 2007, Kaweah Delta's brand new, state-of-the-art and modern Dialysis facility will open to patients. Located on our West Campus at 5040 W. Tulare Ave., Visalia, the new 12,000 square foot facility is replacing the less than 4,00...[ Read More ]
8/27/2007 - $500,000 Donation from Heart Spectacular Foundation $500,000 Donation from Heart Spectacular Foundation
to Kaweah Delta Hospital Foundation's North Expansion Project
The Heart Spectacular Foundation, a non-profit organization, led by founder and president Tracie Hunt-Mayer, will donate $500,000 to...[ Read More ]
8/22/2007 - New mom gets FREE breast pump worth $300 Today marks the first day of World Breastfeeding Week and Kaweah Delta is celebrating by giving our first mom a free Ameda breast pump worth more than $300. Rina Navarro, age 24, gave birth this morning to her first child, a baby boy. KD's breastfeed...[ Read More ]
7/18/2007 - Self Defense Workshop available at The Lifestyle Center For women ages 16 & up!
A Self Defense Workshop is available Thursday, August 2nd at The Lifestyle Center located at 5105 W. Cypress Ave. in Visalia, CA from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Cost is $15 for members and $25 for guests.
General Class Forma...[ Read More ]
7/17/2007 - Kaweah Delta Board approves new dementia/alzheimer's facility On Monday, July 9, the Kaweah Delta Health Care District Board approved plans to expand the current Laurel Court dementia and alzheimer's unit, which is part of Quail Park. Plans call for development of a new facility that will be built on Kaweah De...[ Read More ]
6/18/2007 - Brahms' lullaby to welcome babies born at Kaweah Delta Hospital More than 4,000 babies a year are born at Kaweah Delta hospital. In celebration, Kaweah Delta Hospital began announcing the arrival of our newborns with the playing of Brahms' lullaby on Monday, June 11. Babies born between 8am and 8pm will be announ...[ Read More ]
5/21/2007 - Kaweah Delta Renal Nurses Awarded Western Regional Chapter of the Year In only it's third year, the San Joaquin Valley chapter of ANNA (American Nephrology Nurses' Association) was awarded the Western Regional Chapter of the Year at the Annual ANNA conference held in Dallas, TX in April. The chapter covers the area from...[ Read More ]
3/29/2007 - New Physicians at KD: Philip Reidel, M.D.
Specialty: Neonatology
Phone: (559) 624-2245
Neil Donner, M.D.
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Phone: (559) 624-2213
3/1/2007 - Parking structure on Acequia nears opening Work crews are finishing up construction on the $13 million, five-level parking structure along Acequia Avenue near Kaweah Delta Hospital's north addition, which is going up next to it, city and hospital officials said.
"We're right on schedule," ...[ Read More ]
