Don’t delay emergency care, even in a pandemic

A Message from Randy Dodd, President, Adventist Health Tulare Walk through our hospitals, and you’ll notice something: silence. Our hospital corridors, usually bustling with caregivers and patients, have been unusually empty these past few weeks. Many of the beds in our inpatient units have gone unfilled. The number of patients suffering from heart attacks, strokes […]

Open Letter Regarding Covid-19 And Lgbtq+ Communities

The Source LGBT+ Center joins 170 organizations speaking to government and health care providers regarding care for marginalized communities. As we move further into population level interventions and continue to grapple with care shortages and economic harms as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the undersigned LGBTQ+ and allied organizations call upon public health authorities, […]

Kaweah Delta Chief Executive Officer answers community’s COVID-19 questions

A Kaweah Delta press release gives updates on surge predictions, PPE changes, inpatient testing, and more  As the number of cases rise in Tulare County, many people have questions about COVID-19. In a virtual video-conference call this week, Gary Herbst, Kaweah Delta’s Chief Executive Officer, answered questions from Tulare County residents. Question: What are the […]

Rapid Testing Begins at Sierra View District Hospital in Porterville

A Press Release from Sierra View Hospital and Tulare County Health Department Sierra View District Hospital (SVMC) has been selected by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), along with other hospitals throughout the state, to receive an Abbott point-of-care instrument, also called an ID NOW machine, in order to strengthen testing capabilities located in […]

Kaweah Delta turns fitness facility into childcare center to help employees care for patients

A Press Release from Kaweah Delta As more daycare centers close their doors, Kaweah Delta is repurposing its medically-based fitness facility to offer child care for children of its employees who are caring for the community during COVID-19. After receiving approval from the State, Kaweah Delta reopened The Lifestyle Center (TLC) this week to offer […]

Visalia Rescue Mission’s COVID-19 update

Dear VRM Family and Friends, First and foremost, we cannot adequately express how grateful we are to have you join us on this journey, so thank you from the bottom of our heart. Without your prayers, encouragement and generosity, the disadvantaged and vulnerable men, women, and children in our community would not have a safe and healing environment […]

We cannot let this global health pandemic evolve into a child abuse pandemic

Even in the best of times, child welfare systems in California are beleaguered, underfunded, and stressed. There are too few social workers for foster children and their troubled birth families, and these caseworkers are often overworked within a huge bureaucratic system. Juvenile Dependency judges will have caseloads of 500 children, and children’s attorneys are likewise […]

“Courtney’s Confectionery” offers “quarantine care kit” for touchless delivery

In this crazy time Courtney Passmore, a Central Valley native and owner of Courtney’s Confectionery, has taken the opportunity to bring positivity to the situation with her Quarantine Care Kits. These kits are a box of the tastiest goodies from her new business, Courtney’s Confectionery, along with affirmations to lift you up and activities to […]