A confluence of events at the Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD) has concerned residents talking, but the governing board’s president says business continues as usual despite those ongoing recent challenges. New Leaders Needed In October, the district’s CEO announced her intention to retire at year’s end, news that was quickly followed by the […]
Editors’ note: This article has been edited to add a quote from Gurvinder Kaur and to correct her gender. Additionally, statements from Adventist Health representatives regarding the hospital’s COVID patient numbers in Tulare were added under ‘Second COVID-19 Isolation Incident Alleged.’ A statement that Kaur said the moves were to maximize the use of its […]
Directors of the Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD) are done interviewing candidates and could announce the district’s new CEO as early as next week. Interviews Complete Since September 24, TLHCD’s board of directors held four closed-session special meetings, each with the same agenda: discussion of potential litigation and “discussion and action” on the […]
Tulare County is poised for a 2020 Census-based redrawing of political lines that should result in a much different makeup for the Board of Supervisors in the very near future, and a lawyer with the Dolores Huerta Foundations says if that redistribution of power is thwarted then the county will be forced to defend itself […]
This article was updated to include a comment from Kaweah Health. Kaweah Health CEO Gary Herbst defended his hospital stating that though a recent state investigation “had value,” the investigators were “incompetent” and “on a crusade.” Herbst made the remarks in a wide-ranging interview with the Valley Voice. Despite statements from Herbst and hospital officials […]
In the wake of the drug-overdose death of a contractor in Kaweah Health Medical Center’s emergency department in December 2020, the county’s largest hospital, was given just 90 days to correct dozens of policy and procedure deficiencies or lose federal funding. Kaweah Health’s leadership was given 10 days to respond. Cutting It Close? The […]
Editors’ note: This article was corrected to state that a doctor who inspectors said stole federally controlled drugs was an anesthesiologist, not an emergency department physician. It was also corrected to clarify that the statements confirming the report’s version of events were in the inspectors’ report and in the response to it. Failure to monitor […]
Attorneys for Tulare County have filed an appeal to a Tulare County Superior Court Judge’s decision allowing a Farmersville couple to sue in the wake of an allegedly mishandled search warrant service by deputies of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO). Appeal to Higher Court In a June 18 decision, Hon. Nathan Ide ruled […]
A handful of former members of Visalia’s now-defunct Environmental Committee have gone rogue, and one of the men who put them out of business couldn’t be happier to see them carrying on their work in a new setting. Only Mandated Committees In what appears to be a new way of doing business at Visalia […]
A set of autumn hearing dates in a case accusing Assemblyman Devon Mathis (R-Visalia) of harassment and wrongful termination have been vacated, but the beleaguered legislator may still end up in court over the matter. New Attorney Janie Sustaita De Raadt, a former Mathis staffer, says she’s found a local attorney willing to pursue […]