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 […]
A Press Release from Kaweah Delta As more daycare centers close their doors, Kaweah Delta is repurposing its medically-based fitness facility to offer child care for children of its employees who are caring for the community during COVID-19. After receiving approval from the State, Kaweah Delta reopened The Lifestyle Center (TLC) this week to offer […]
Dr. Rick Bright, who was removed as head of the federal agency that is helping develop a vaccine for the coronavirus, said he was ousted after resisting widespread adoption of hydroxychloroquine, a drug promoted by President Donald Trump as a treatment for Covid-19. Dr. Bright released the following statement today. “Yesterday, I was removed from […]
To comply with state and local stay at home orders, every public meeting in Tulare County has been held online or canceled. Smaller public boards such as irrigation districts or cemeteries are only required to meet once a quarter and many of those have rescheduled their meetings to June. Not the Tulare Public Cemetery District. […]