Frequently Asked Questions
Community Engagement Virtual Meeting
Community Engagement Virtual Meeting - Thursday, May 7
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Question #1: What are your thoughts around Tulare County having all of
these nursing home outbreaks? We are not seeing this in other counties
and it is very disturbing.- WATCH VIDEO
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Question #2: A CE member had this experience yesterday. Her son and his
girlfriend tried to get a COVID-19 test at the KD Urgent Care on Court
Street. They told them at the beginning they did not have a fever, gave
their insurance info, they took their vitals, then they waited in their
car for over an hour only to be told they did not meet the algorithm and
would not be tested.- WATCH VIDEO
- Shouldn’t they have been told that at the beginning?
- Why did KD not test them?
- Is KD’s testing criteria different than the County’s criteria?
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Question #3: With the outbreak at Ruiz Foods and two new nursing homes
added to that list as well, is the hospital concerned about attempting
to open up for elective surgeries and other services while our numbers
of infected individuals in Tulare County are seeing triple digit per day
increases?
- WATCH VIDEO
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Question #4: We understand that hospitals need elective surgeries to produce
revenue and it seem we will come to a point when the hospital has to open
up that service line in spite of COVID?- WATCH VIDEO
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Question #5: Planning for current and future patient care coupled with
the hospital’s financial position is dependent on forecasting our
financial position not only immediately but in future years. The costs
associated with COVID have placed a strain on the hospital’s financial
position, which was only at a 2% margin last year, how do we determine
the best course of action to continue providing for the health care of
our community?- WATCH VIDEO
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Community Question #1 - As we re-open local economy, are we expecting surge?- WATCH VIDEO
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Community Question #2 - Is Kaweah Delta being consulted by local agencies
in plan for reopening local economy?
- WATCH VIDEO
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Community Question #3 - When is the Lifestyle Center reopening?
- WATCH VIDEO
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Community Question #4 - Chat – How do individuals over the age of
65 that have followed the shelter in place rules, still manage to get
the virus?
- WATCH VIDEO
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Community Question #5 - Why after so many weeks, are the number of recovered
patients not higher?- WATCH VIDEO
REVIEW OF CURRENT NUMBERS (positives, negatives, tested, recovered, # of
positive employees, ventilators, etc.)
Question #1: What are your thoughts around Tulare County having all of
these nursing home outbreaks? We are not seeing this in other counties
and it is very disturbing.
Question #2: A CE member had this experience yesterday. Her son and his
girlfriend tried to get a COVID-19 test at the KD Urgent Care on Court
Street. They told them at the beginning they did not have a fever, gave
their insurance info, they took their vitals, then they waited in their
car for over an hour only to be told they did not meet the algorithm and
would not be tested.
- Shouldn’t they have been told that at the beginning?
- Why did KD not test them?
- Is KD’s testing criteria different than the County’s criteria?
Question #3: With the outbreak at Ruiz Foods and two new nursing homes
added to that list as well, is the hospital concerned about attempting
to open up for elective surgeries and other services while our numbers
of infected individuals in Tulare County are seeing triple digit per day
increases?
Question #4: We understand that hospitals need elective surgeries to produce
revenue and it seem we will come to a point when the hospital has to open
up that service line in spite of COVID?
Question #5: Planning for current and future patient care coupled with
the hospital’s financial position is dependent on forecasting our
financial position not only immediately but in future years. The costs
associated with COVID have placed a strain on the hospital’s financial
position, which was only at a 2% margin last year, how do we determine
the best course of action to continue providing for the health care of
our community?
Community Question #1 - As we re-open local economy, are we expecting surge?
Community Question #2 - Is Kaweah Delta being consulted by local agencies
in plan for reopening local economy?
Community Question #3 - When is the Lifestyle Center reopening?
Community Question #4 - How do individuals over the age of 65 that have
followed the shelter in place rules, still manage to get the virus?
Community Question #5 - Why after so many weeks, are the number of recovered
patients not higher