Kings County is poised to open up late Friday afternoon while Tulare County might lag one or two weeks behind. Keenly aware of the pain suffered by local businesses, and the county’s dire economic outlook, Kings County Supervisors are holding an emergency meeting Friday at 1pm to approve the documents needed to open up their […]
Anyone who has suffered the pain of losing a loved one during the corona virus has also had to go through the pain of not being able to have a traditional funeral or graveside service. To cope, many families have postponed the funeral. But bodies can’t wait until the country decides to open up to […]
“Defend your rights. Defend your freedoms. Every job is essential. Open this town!” These were some of the phrases chanted through a megaphone to passing cars at the corner of Caldwell and Mooney Boulevard In Visalia. The protest took place on Friday, May 1st around noon. Nearly 300 people lined the sidewalk holding up Trump […]
A press release from Tulare County Health and Human Services As part of a statewide effort to expand testing capabilities for COVID-19 in rural areas, Tulare County has been selected by the California Coronavirus Testing Task Force to receive two new COVID-19 community testing collection sites. The new sites are being located in Dinuba and […]
As of April 25, Ruiz Foods in Dinuba had 18 employees test positive for the novel coronavirus. The current number of effected employees could not be confirmed. Dinuba has been a relative hotspot in Tulare County, considering its small population of 24,000. According to the Tulare County Health and Human Services website, there are a […]
A press release from Kaweah Delta Hospital Medical Center celebrates the birth of a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Kaweah Delta Medical Center has 47 new beds available in the event of a COVID-19 surge; 23 of those beds opened this week to care for Kaweah Delta’s littlest patients. After years of planning and construction, […]
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 […]
The Tulare Public Cemetery District held an in-person meeting April 23 at its district office. The meeting took place despite the fact that two trustees and some members of the public requested that the meeting be canceled unless the district provided for remote participation. With the board members sitting under an outside arbor at separate […]
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 […]
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 […]