Write your own history : South Valley doctors, nurses make desperate plea to stay home for holidays
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CORRECTION:
The Action News story that aired on Tuesday stated, Some nurses at Sierra View Medical Center in Porterville are putting in 140-hour workweeks to help meet the unprecedented demand for care.
Hospital officials say this isn t accurate. They say there was an instance of one ICU nurse working 140 hours within a pay period of two weeks (not one week).
South Valley hospitals are at a breaking point.
They re understaffed due to employees who are sick or in quarantine, and as admissions of COVID-19 patients continue to soar, staffed beds are scarce and emergency rooms are becoming overwhelmed.
Adventist Health Hanford begins vaccinating employees against COVID-19
Kings County Public Health delivered hundreds of doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Adventist Health Hanford on Friday.
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He s encouraging all healthcare workers to follow his lead. Taking the vaccination is better than getting the virus and potentially dying, he said.
Kings County Public Health delivered hundreds of doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Adventist Health Hanford on Friday.
The vials were stored in an ultra-low temperature freezer over the weekend, and on Monday, vaccinations began in the hospital s cafeteria. I think it s important to get it as a healthcare provider so that we can stay in the fight longer and continue to provide the best care that we can here at Adventist, said Jose, a Registered Nurse at the hospital.
Kings County receives first COVID-19 vaccine shipment, will be delivered to Adventist hospital on Friday
According to state data, Kings County has seen 2,200 new cases of the virus over the last 14 days.
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HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) Kings County received its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, one day after Tulare County received its supply.
Officials at Kings County Public Health say the vaccine will be a powerful tool in the fight against COVID-19, adding that vaccinating frontline healthcare workers first will ensure they re able to provide critical care during the winter surge.
According to state data, the county has seen 2,200 new cases of the virus over the last 14 days, including 500 at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran.
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With a woman in prison for a stillbirth, California’s murder law is tested [Los Angeles Times :: BC-CALIF-STILLBORN-MURDER-CHARGE:LA]
Adora Perez was two years into an 11-year prison sentence when she got a phone call.
From inside the women’s state prison in Chowchilla, California, Perez listened as attorney Mary McNamara introduced herself, saying she had been looking into Perez’s case and found it deeply flawed.
Perez was charged with murder after she delivered a stillborn baby at a hospital in California’s Central Valley, with authorities alleging methamphetamine use while pregnant was responsible. Faced with the possibility of life in prison, Perez accepted a plea deal, lost an appeal and busied herself adjusting to the rhythms of time behind bars.