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Laura Florez-McCusker
Kaweah Delta granted extension of its military healthcare workers Kaweah Delta urges community to limit social gatherings for the Labor Day holiday VISALIA – Kaweah Delta Medical Center has been granted a 14-day extension of the military healthcare team that is assisting the local hospital in its care of COVID-19 patients. “This is a celebratory moment for us,” said Gary Herbst, ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
By Gary Herbst, Chief Executive Officer of Kaweah Delta Living through COVID-19 has been an unprecedented experience and there have been an abundance of questions. In this unimaginable and ever-changing time, we are working hard to answer questions and provide factual, meaningful information. One question, that we hear consistently, is about how hospitals are doing financially during this time. ...
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Visalia hospital caring for 83 COVID-19 patients, shares info, urges community to stay safe VISALIA – With COVID-19 numbers on the rise across the nation and throughout the State, Kaweah Delta Medical Center, the largest acute care hospital in Tulare County, announced Friday it was caring for 83 COVID-19 patients - the highest number since the inception of the pandemic. “These are ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Visalia hospital caring for 81 COVID-19 patients, shares info, urges community to stay safe VISALIA – With COVID-19 numbers on the rise across the nation and throughout the State, Kaweah Delta Medical Center, the largest acute care hospital in Tulare County, announced Thursday it was caring for 81 COVID-19 patients - the highest number of COVID-19 patients the hospital has cared for to date. ...
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Visalia hospital Chief Executive Officer answers community’s COVID-19 questions VISALIA – Why has the Department of Defense sent a team to Kaweah Delta? What is Kaweah Delta’s plan when beds fill up? Is Kaweah Delta cancelling urgent, non-essential surgeries? Does Kaweah Delta send out COVID test results by mail? What is the average age of hospitalized patients? These are just ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
A new device at Kaweah Delta is saving lives, protecting healthcare workers from COVID-19 VISALIA – Thanks to community donations, Kaweah Delta is using a new device to help save lives, which is also helping protect healthcare workers from being exposed to COVID-19. Kaweah Delta is the first hospital in Tulare County to purchase the Lucas 3 Chest Compression System, an automatic CPR device, ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Kaweah Delta’s next online town hall set for Thursday, July 30 VISALIA – As Kaweah Delta continues its efforts to better engage with the community, especially amid COVID-19, it will hold its fourth in a series of five town halls on Thursday, July 30. Questions can be submitted now at www.kaweahdelta.org/townhall for the town hall. Due to COVID-19, the town hall will take place online ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Kaweah Delta set to welcome military this week to care for COVID-19 patients VISALIA – As the number of COVID-19 patients being cared for at Kaweah Delta Medical Center reached an all-time high of 68 patients on Tuesday, the hospital’s chief executive officer has invited the military to lend a hand. Kaweah Delta has accepted the U.S. Department of Defense’s offer to send a team ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Visalia hospital Chief Executive Officer answers community’s COVID-19 questions VISALIA – Is Kaweah Delta Medical Center at capacity? Are all COVID-19 designated beds at the Medical Center full? Is the hospital requiring members of The Lifestyle Center, its fitness center, to wear face masks? Is the hospital profiting off COVID-19 patients because it gets paid more for COVID-19 ...
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María Rodríguez Ornelas
VISALIA – Kaweah Delta Health Care District has received a grant from the California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) for $2.4 million for upgrades to pediatric equipment at the Visalia hospital and rural clinics in Exeter, Woodlake, Dinuba and Lindsay, Sequoia Health and Wellness Family Medicine Clinic, Court Street Urgent Care as well as upgrades and construction at the new ...
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María Rodríguez Ornelas
Tulare-Kings COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition – Working together for you. MEDIA CONTACTS: Carrie Monteiro Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency (559) 624-8007 Cmonteiro1@tularehhsa.org Laura Florez-McCusker Kaweah Delta (559) 280-9374 Lflorez@kdhcd.org Kimberley Pryor-DeShazo Sierra View Medical Center (559) 788-6104 Kdeshazo@sierra-view.com Gabriela Ornelas Adventist Health ...
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María Rodríguez Ornelas
New campaign will raise funds for equipment to help stroke, spinal cord injury, amputation and various other diagnoses regain mobility. VISALIA – The community and Kaweah Delta employees are approaching their final days to contribute to the Kaweah Delta Employee Relief Fund, which is expected to raise approximately $110,000 to help employees who saw a reduction in hours or were furloughed ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
VISALIA – As Tulare County continues re-opening, the largest hospital in the county cared for a record number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital this week, and completed a project that will allow it to isolate up to 86 COVID-19 positive patients in the future. “Unfortunately, as the County continues to open up and after every holiday, we expected to see a higher outbreak rate and ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
The Lifestyle Center set to re-open on Friday, June 12 VISALIA – The Lifestyle Center, a division of Kaweah Delta, has announced that it will re-open on Friday, June 12, after securing approval from the State and the County. The medically-based fitness and rehabilitation facility will re-open at 4:30 a.m. on Friday in the first step of its phased re-opening plan. Initially, the center will ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Kaweah Delta Chief Executive Officer answers community’s COVID-19 questions Visitor policy changes, capacity for second wave, hospital challenges and more discussed. VISALIA – Are there any updates on the no-visitor policy? Given the recent protests, how well equipped is Kaweah Delta to handle a surge of patients? What is the status of antibody testing for employees? As the number of ...
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Kaweah Delta re-opens essential services as Tulare County works to re-open for business VISALIA, CA – As Tulare County works to re-open businesses and places of worship, Kaweah Delta Health Care District is working to bring essential services back online in the safest possible way. On Monday, June 1, Kaweah Delta will continue its phased re-opening approach by bringing its Cardiac ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
The Lifestyle Center provides update to members on re-opening VISALIA – The Lifestyle Center, a division of Kaweah Delta, announced today that it will not re-open until the State gives fitness facilities the green light to open amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “At the end of the day, we are committed to your health and well-being,” said Patrick Tazio, Director of The Lifestyle Center, ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Kaweah Delta kicks off elective surgery with 38 patients, all test negative for COVID-19 VISALIA, CA – Kaweah Delta’s first day back at elective surgeries post COVID-19 was a busy one with all of its 38 patients testing negative for COVID-19 prior to surgery. “As a team we were excited to get back to work and help patients, some who have put off surgeries due to COVID-19, but ...
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Kaweah Delta’s next town hall set for Wednesday, May 20, online VISALIA – As Kaweah Delta continues its efforts to better engage with the community, it will hold its third of five town halls on Wednesday, May 20, in Visalia. The town halls are being hosted in the five zones that make up Kaweah Delta Health Care District; each is being hosted by the board member that represents the ...
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Kaweah Delta will begin elective surgery May 18 and test patients for COVID-19 before surgery Hospital asks community to adopt safe practices to prevent the spread of COVID-19 VISALIA, CA – Kaweah Delta will on Monday, May 18, begin elective surgeries, testing all patients for COVID-19 prior to surgery. As COVID-19 numbers continue to rise in Tulare County, Kaweah Delta is taking a slow and ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
As you know, Kaweah Delta, along with other hospitals statewide, has suffered short-term and significant financial losses as a result of COVID-19. Many of you, our 5,000 employees and 700 members of the Medical Staff, have felt the impacts. We are doing everything we can to protect all of you from a safety and economic standpoint. That includes our efforts to join with other California hospitals ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Kaweah Delta holds first celebration for COVID-19 patient Visalia man, COVID-19 and stroke survivor, is first honored in celebration VISALIA, CA – Kaweah Delta Health Care District is holding celebrations for patients who have either recovered or are on the road to recovery from COVID-19. In a touching first celebration, approximately 100 Kaweah Delta team members huddled in the lobby of ...
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Kaweah Delta announces plans to resume hospital services as early as next week VISALIA, CA – Kaweah Delta is developing plans that will allow it to resume some hospital services as early as next week and elective surgeries by mid-month. A key component of bringing more services online will be a process to test all surgical patients to determine if it is safe for them to have surgery, said ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
We’re hearing a lot in the news about COVID-19 at skilled nursing facilities. We wanted to let you know that the State and the County are now assisting at Redwood Springs and more Redwood Springs employees are returning to work. As a result, Redwood Springs and Kaweah Delta leadership have agreed that for the time being, Kaweah Delta staff are no longer needed on site. We remain in touch ...
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Kaweah Delta Medical Center adds 47 beds to address possible COVID-19 surge Medical Center celebrates the birth of a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit VISALIA, CA – Kaweah Delta Medical Center has 47 new beds available in the event of a COVID-19 surge; 23 of those beds opened today to care for Kaweah Delta’s littlest patients. After years of planning and construction, on Monday, Kaweah ...
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