Comments on: Tulare Hospital Board Approves $22m Loan

By: Tulare Local Health Care District settles final lawsuit from mismanagement era - Valley Voice

Sat, 05 Apr 2025 19:23:05 +0000

[…] Additionally, in 2017, Kumar supported a district vote that allowed HCCA to borrow $22 million under the district’s name without board oversight. […]

By: Attorney disqualified from Tulare Local Healthcare District case; board considering next options - Valley Voice

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 05:03:46 +0000

[…] board members allegedly did so by giving Healthcare Conglomerate Associates (HCCA) – the district’s former hospital management par…, under any terms they found agreeable, without additional approval by the […]

By: Benzeevi trial continues, with hearing dates set for next week - Valley Voice

Benzeevi trial continues, with hearing dates set for next week - Valley Voice — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 06:50:57 +0000

[…] district, still in place at the time of the transfer. The money was owed to HCCA, he claimed, and the district board’s vote allowing HCCA to seek loans meant that HCCA’s actions were perfectly […]

By: Speakmymind

Speakmymind — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:11:14 +0000

In reply to Deanne Martin-Soares.

Thank you Wojo for the ER memories along with others who left because of the mess. TRMC had one hell of an ER crew of nurses. I to would in trust my life to them, but not now. TRMC and the citizens deserve to better.

By: Deanne Martin-Soares

Deanne Martin-Soares — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 05:24:55 +0000

In reply to cwojo.

Thank you! Throughout my life I would tell people that Tulare had some amazing nurses that I would trust my life in their hands and you were always the top one on the list.

By: cwojo

cwojo — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 04:53:48 +0000

Lies, Lies,and more Lies! When are the people of Tulare going to boot that Benzeevi for running that place to the ground. TRMC was a great place to work and a good hospital to go to. Then something happened many years ago and this Benzeevi guy showed up in the ER and it has been downhill ever since. That Benzeevi alienated all of the private practice doctors and now accuses them of filing complaints and taking their patients elsewhere. Do you blame them? The root of this whole Hospital mess can be summed up by looking at the history. Now you have this guy getting 300,000.00+ a month to manage this TRMC to the ground. Shame on him. The hospital doesn’t have two nickels to rub togather but the Great HCCA can borrow money without explanation and futher burden the taxpayers of Tulare. Its about time to run the “Dog and Pony” show out of town and let them join the circus elsewhere.The people of Tulare deserve a great hospital and bring the pride back to where it once was. Hopefully the recall of Kumar can help change things for the better. I worked there 30 years and it just sickens me to read all of the lies every week when I know that all TRMC has to do is remove the cancer that has destroyed your building!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:03:59 +0000

One would hope that any “honest lender with integrity” would not get involved with this outfit. Sounds to me like the pack of three dictators are planning something possibly shady. FYI money lenders there is something more important than making a major loan just because you can …especially when there is no transparency and public discussion with the tax payers who will be saddled with this public debt. Also a word to Carlton, you are the mayor of our city and it would have been nice if you and the entire city council showed up together as a group. Citizens of Tulare are in a major fight to take back our hospital from HCCA and you should at least show some public interest. Thank you city councilman Jose Sigala for being at the meeting.

By: Speakmymind

Speakmymind — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:47:13 +0000

Why do they need LOAN for operating expenses. Alan keeps saying they have made the hospital money. If so where is it going if you need to borrow money to run the hospital. HCCA is doing this to pay off revenue bonds so they can purchase hospital, maybe some of the money is going to 4 bed hospital they run in Lone Pine called Souther Inyo Hospital. This hospital can’t even get out of the bankruptcy they filed. HCCA just hired an assistant medical director for 6000. Per month, but they also pay OUR Dr Kumar 7500.00 per month to go down and run part of it. Ummmmmm

By: AA

AA — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:31:48 +0000

>>> (Kim said) The loan is needed to finish this hospital, to give this community the hospital they deserve.

So true.

This loan could “finish” the hospital. After this, the hospital is gone – finished. They will pawn 200 million property for 22 million loan from their friends and then choose to not pay, triggering auction — and then buying it for pennies on the dollar in auction.

Tulare people so deserve the killing machine they have got. They did not watch what was going on and they have got what they deserve.

By: AA

AA — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:19:10 +0000

A profitable hospital that has to use loan to keep lights on — and then they kill people !!

Just wow

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Germany also stated that the loan could be used to refinance bond debt at more advantageous interest rates, and that the meeting was scheduled as a special board meeting because the Federal Reserve was acting to raise interest rates.

“If we don’t hurry on this, rates will go back up,” Germany said.

>> This is a 100% lie
(No surprise – they lie all the time)

Federal Reserve had meeting last week and raised its benchmark rate already — and they do not get to do another raise for another 3 months — AND have already announced that they will not be considering another raise until December 2017 mmeting.

BUT, bigger part is that Federal Reserve DOES NOT set rates in market. Financial markets do. After last week’s Fed raise, interest rates in market have actually gone DOWN, not up.

Kumar lied — People died.

They are thieves and they are killers.