A scheduled recount of the Tulare Local Healthcare District’s July 11 election has been postponed to August 1. The delay comes after the recount fee – an estimated $2,620 according to the Tulare County Registrar of Voters’ office – was not paid in time for the recount to take place on July 31. The recount […]
The new majority on the Tulare Local Healthcare District’s Board of Directors crossed off the first part of their to-do list tonight. But hospital administrators state that the meeting wasn’t a meeting — just a gathering of two board members, and a “newly elected, not yet certified” board member. Kevin Northcraft, Mike Jamaica, and Senovia […]
Dr. Parmod Kumar has claimed, through an attorney, that the Tulare Local Healthcare District violated the Brown Act in swearing in Senovia Gutierrez on Tuesday. Because a majority of the board — Linda Wilbourn, Kevin Northcraft, and Mike Jamaica — were in attendance, Kumar’s attorney claims that her swearing in ceremony was a violation of […]
Dr. Parmod Kumar has requested a recount of Tulare’s July 11 special election, the Tulare County Registrar of Voters has confirmed. The election, held to determine whether Kumar should be recalled from his post on the Tulare Local Healthcare District Board of Directors and, if so, choosing his successor, was certified on July 20. The […]
The July 26 Tulare hospital board meeting could be better described as a large get-together — because it wasn’t a meeting, legally. The meeting — lasting some six to seven minutes — was essentially dead in the water from the start due to a disagreement over whether Senovia Gutierrez was a member of the board. […]
Senovia Gutierrez is officially on the Tulare Local Healthcare District’s Board of Directors. The July 11 recall election was certified on July 20, and Gutierrez was sworn in Tuesday by the Hon. Walter Gorelick, a Tulare County Superior Court judge. The ceremony, held Tuesday evening at the Tulare Chamber of Commerce, attracted a large gathering […]
Tulare’s hospital CEO has branched out into a new arena: finance. Research by the Voice has revealed that a new healthcare finance company, Vi Healthcare Finance, Inc, was registered at the home address of Dr. Benny Benzeevi, CEO of Healthcare Conglomerate Associates (HCCA) the company which runs Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC). That company was […]
Tulare’s Hospital Board will soon have a new majority and a new focus if early vote counts hold true. With 879 votes counted, 80.80% of voters chose to recall Dr. Parmod Kumar, and 74.97% chose Senovia Gutierrez as his replacement. The recall campaign had been a long-fought one, with both sides — pro-recall and anti-recall […]
In the run-up to tomorrow’s election, in which voters in the Tulare Local Healthcare District’s Area 3 will decide on the recall of Dr. Parmod Kumar, three committees have been formed to sway voters and get their message out: Citizens for Hospital Accountability, a committee originally formed to oppose the Measure I property tax proposal, […]
Tulare Regional Medical Center achieved two milestones, officials announced Wednesday: the hospital has achieved Baby-Friendly certification, and recently finished its first medical staff election under its new Medical Executive Committee. Tulare, Now Baby-Friendly Linda Callanan, the hospital’s OB Coordinator, announced to the hospital’s board and public that the hospital had achieved a Baby-Friendly certification. “It’s […]