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Laura Florez-McCusker
Kaweah Delta set to host its first virtual town hall on Monday, Oct. 21 VISALIA – As Kaweah Delta continues its efforts to better engage with the community, it will hold its first virtual town hall on Monday, Oct. 21. Members of the public are invited to submit their questions for Gary Herbst, Kaweah Delta’s Chief Executive Officer. Herbst will answer questions by video at 3 p.m. ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
VISALIA, CA – A hip and knee joint replacement seminar will be led by experienced and knowledgeable Orthopedic Surgeons affiliated with Kaweah Delta on Thursday, Oct. 17, in Visalia, including the area’s first orthopedic surgeon fellowship trained in adult reconstruction, which includes total joint replacement. This free seminar aims to help people whose hip and knee pain has kept them ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Kaweah Delta Hospice set to host Oct. 5 camp to offer children hope and healing VISALIA – Children who have experienced the death of a significant person in their lives are invited to learn how to cope with grief and find healing on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Kaweah Delta Hospice’s “Good Grief Camp” in Visalia. The free camp, intended for children and a parent or guardian, will ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Nearly 1,000 staff flu shots will be given on first day; Public urged to get vaccinations early VISALIA – Kaweah Delta will start its season of vaccinations on Tuesday, Oct. 1, in an effort to keep patients and visitors safe from the flu as part of its requirement that all staff either get a flu vaccination or wear a facemask during cold and flu season. On this first day of vaccinations, it ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Transparency & Patient Safety By Gary Herbst, Chief Executive Officer At Kaweah Delta, we are always working to provide the highest level of care to our patients. Our new mission statement reads, “Health is our passion. Excellence is our focus. Compassion is our promise.” These words define our purpose in life and why we exist: to care for our patients and our community. We take ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Kaweah Delta Rehabilitation Hospital set for Sept. 28 adaptive sports expo Valley Children’s will face El Diamante Strong Academy in wheelchair basketball game VISALIA – Kaweah Delta Rehabilitation Hospital invites adults and children who have experienced a spinal cord injury, a brain injury, an amputation or a similar injury to participate in its first ever Adaptive Sports and ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
VISALIA, CA - Tulare County is one of the most clinically-underserved counties in California. There is one primary care physician for every 2,350 people in Tulare County, a doctor-to-patient ratio that ranks the county 49 th out of 58 California counties. A community needs study conducted by the Coker Group has projected that by 2020 Tulare County will need more than 50 additional primary care ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
VISALIA – Kaweah Delta staff work daily to save patients who are either showing symptoms of sepsis or battling the life-threatening infection. Throughout the month of September, they will also be taking “Steps Against Sepsis,” a 3K walk that the Kaweah Delta’s Quality and Patient Safety team created to bring awareness to the potentially deadly infection. “Up to 80 ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Kaweah Delta staff set for Sept. 13 rally and sepsis awareness walk Sepsis Awareness Month is a chance to bring awareness to a life-threatening infection VISALIA – Kaweah Delta is working daily to save patients who are either showing symptoms of sepsis or battling the life-threatening infection. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, in an effort to educate the community about an infection they may ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
By Gary Herbst, Chief Executive Officer We have recently learned that the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is citing and fining Kaweah Delta Medical Center for an incident that occurred back in 2018 when a guide wire was inadvertently left inside a patient following the insertion of a Vascath catheter to support hemodialysis. Fortunately, the retained guide wire was discovered by ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Kaweah Delta adds eight new beds to emergency department, expansion project continues As work continues on its project to nearly double the size of one of the busiest emergency departmentsin the state, Kaweah Delta added eight new beds to its emergency department this week and opened a new area that is helping patients seeking emergency care get quickly screened by medical providers. “This ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
La lactancia beneficia a la mamá y al bebé Cuando uno se convierte en padre, de repente el mundo cambia y entonces nos vemos comprometidos a proteger a esa preciosa criatura que nos está mirando. La responsabilidad es grande y la mayoría de los nuevos padres no saben ni dónde comenzar. Como doctora y madre de dos niños pequeños, yo digo comience con ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Breastfeeding Benefits Mom and Baby When you become a parent, suddenly the world changes and you find yourself vowing to protect that precious baby looking back at you. The responsibility is great and most new parents do not know where to start. As a doctor and a mother of two small children, I say start with breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is one of the best investments in saving lives and improving ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Kaweah Delta Mother-Baby Unit staff provide those in need with blessing bags VISALIA – They may care for mothers and babies by day, but Kaweah Delta staff members also gave back to the community. After collecting donations of toiletries and clothing from Kaweah Delta employees, staff members from Kaweah Delta’s Mother-Baby Unit assembled 75 “blessing bags” this week and ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Results of three-year study involving local cancer patients will be announced Thursday Patient, participant set to provide feedback on project between Kaweah Delta and UCSF VISALIA – On Thursday in Visalia, the results of a three-year study seeking to improve the quality of life among Spanish-speaking women with breast cancer in rural communities, will be presented at Kaweah Delta by Anna ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
Kaweah Delta works to expand free classes to encourage breastfeeding World Breastfeeding Week, Aug. 1-7, puts spotlight on local efforts to educate and improve lives VISALIA – Michelle Cervantes, of Lindsay, knew breastfeeding would be hard. She had heard that from friends and during a free breastfeeding class at Kaweah Delta that she and her husband Nick attended prior to the birth of their ...
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Melissa Withnell
Visalia Emergency Aid Council Gets a Boost with $10,000 Donation from Humana Visalia Emergency Aid Council (VEAC) received a $10,000 donation from Humana, a leading health and well-being company. A check presentation and celebratory event was held Thursday, May 2 at its food pantry in Visalia, California. The donation will allow VEAC to provide 52,632 pounds of food for its food pantry, which will ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
A Plan in Place for Measles We have heard a lot about measles lately as the number of measles cases in the U.S. continues to climb. While at this time, there is no currently known risk to measles in Tulare County, we want you to know what you can do to protect yourself or your child. We also want you to know what we are doing to keep you safe from a potential measles exposure while you are at a ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
31 st annual Kaweah Delta Golf Classic set to raise funds for state-of-the-art cancer care VISALIA – On Friday, Aug. 2, the Kaweah Delta Hospital Foundation will host its 31 st annual Kaweah Delta Golf Classic at the Visalia Country Club. Proceeds from this year’s tournament, which will begin with a 9 a.m. shotgun start, will support the Foundation’s “Mind Over ...
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Laura Florez-McCusker
At Kaweah Delta, we have learned a lot since the 2016 defeat of Measure H, and the greatest lesson yet is the importance of listening carefully to our community. One thing the people of Visalia, Ivanhoe, and Goshen (the cities lying within the Kaweah Delta Health Care District boundaries) asked of us in 2016, was to explore all options before asking them to alone fund a general obligation bond. ...
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Chief Executive Officer of Kaweah Delta Medical Foundation Named VISALIA – The Kaweah Delta Medical Foundation, which operates the medical offices staffed by physicians from Visalia Medical Clinic, has a new Chief Executive Officer. After an extensive national search, Paul Schofield, a healthcare executive with more than 30 years of experience, accepted the position in late May. He has ...
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