Comments on: UPDATED: Surprises Continue at October Tulare Hospital Board Meeting

By: Tran Phoung

Tran Phoung — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 18:59:48 +0000

My friend at the hospital tells me that a lot of equipment was bought for the new building and it was lying unused.

Word on the street is that HCCA has sent some of these equipment to Inyo.

By: speakmymind

speakmymind — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 18:00:08 +0000

People also need to be aware that TRMC/HCCA is sharing employees with the South Inyo Hospital that was taken over in January by HCCA and it seems there may be some other things going back and forth. As you review the Cardinal Health spread sheet, it seems the numbers increase dramaticly after the South Inyo takeover, could our hospital possibly be funding/sending stuff down their at on our Taxpayer dollars. Just asking

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:17:43 +0000

ICAREFORTulate, I willing to bet you have never read the TRMC/HCCA Contract. If you have, how can you possibly defend $3,000,000 per year for a CEO that brought no management experience to the deal? How can you defend a contract that prohibits the Board from access to the hospital without HCCA permission. How can you defend HCCA when our hospital has the worst rating in the valley? There is so much more one could mention but suffice to say, you obviously have not read the contract.

By: ICAREFORTulare

ICAREFORTulare — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 07:46:24 +0000

Wow! I am so glad to have read the contract HCCA has. Iron clad to keep mean horrible people like this out. Thanks HCCA!

By: Chris Northcraft

Chris Northcraft — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:19:23 +0000

In reply to Teresa.

Teresa, I don’t know Mr. Oldenbourg and he did not identify your identity to me. I recognize your posts because they are vicious, redundant, and poorly worded. You have used numerous fake names, fake profiles, and fake pages to personally attack Kevin Northcraft based on complete untruths. This, because Kevin Northcraft read the HCCA contract and realized that Sherrie Bell had signed one of the worst contracts in the history of public hospitals giving over control to a private company, compensating them more than 5 times market rate, and removing the public from control of the hospital. After reading that contract Kevin stepped up to run for office to return ethics, transparency, and accountability to the Hospital district. That being said, because Kevin values ethics, when he is elected to the Hospital Board he would not interfere with the administrator in areas of personnel. He understands his role as an elected official.

By: Tran Phoung

Tran Phoung — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:49:01 +0000

WHY HAVE WE NOT HEARD ANY REBUTTAL OR EXPLANATION FROM THE PIRATES OF TULARE ON MISAPPROPRIATION OF $800,000 ISSUE?

DOES THIS MEAN THEY ACCEPT ALL CHARGES?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:00:50 +0000

The concerns are not related to Dr. Kumar’s skills as a doctor. The concerns are related to his greed and dishonesty. The concerns are not related to whether or not Bell is a nice person. The concerns are related to her ineptness. It seems clear that Gadke is not only not a nice person, she is also inept and will do whatever Kumar instructs her to do. All three must go if our hospital is to survive.

By: Joseph Oldenbourg

Joseph Oldenbourg — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 20:14:43 +0000

In reply to Teresa.

Why on earth would I trouble myself with recording you? As a journalist, I see it as a responsibility to reveal everyone’s identity–so I certainly did not apologize along those lines. I apologized to you because you were offended. Yes, you made it clear to me that you had no respect for me for doing that. I have no respect for someone who hides behind many aliases, and at this point I’ve lost track of how many you’ve used. Stand by what you will, but the paper is biased only toward the truth. It may have escaped your notice that we have printed positive things about the hospital.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 19:15:29 +0000

In reply to Joseph Oldenbourg.

Beg your pardon Joseph. I had someone with me that day and heard every word we said. Unless you recorded me and we can replay the conversation? Of course, you didn’t ask my permission to audio tape me, so you probably can’t. You knew you were in the wrong as a journalist, that’s why you apologized. As I said to you on the phone that day, I have no respect for you for doing that. If everyone was treated that way, no one would read your paper. That’s why I’ve stated publicly that I feel this paper is biased. I stand by that.

By: Deanne Martin-Soares

Deanne Martin-Soares — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 19:13:08 +0000

To TRod,

We are thrilled Dr. Kumar saved your life. That is what doctors go to school to do.

But his skill as a board member is a different matter. This is where he is to be a steward to the district. His leadership has shown that he is not, again what he does for the community is great but again not a factor in his leadership on the board.

People try to indicate this is personal against Kumar. It is taken as personal but it is not. It is just performance. Dr. Kumar did and has controlled recruitment for many years. Our community now suffers because of it.

With his continued leadership there is no way for the district to move forward, just look at the past twenty years.