During the COVID-19 pandemic, staff at the Toiyabe Indian Health Project clinics focused on educating tribal members about cancer and urging them to reschedule any cancer screening tests they missed. The staff also ramped up their efforts to help tribal members who smoke commercial tobacco quit and to provide supportive services for cancer patients and their families.
A potentially life-saving piece of medical equipment for critically-ill COVID-19 patients is now available on the Central Coast. Marian Regional Medical
Santa Maria hospital receives new ECMO machine - a potential lifesaver for COVID-19 patients
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Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria has a new tool to help critically-ill COVID-19 patients.
It s now the only hospital between San Francisco and Los Angeles with an ECMO machine.
It s a life-saving piece of equipment that one Santa Maria woman says she would not be alive without.
Melissa Meza and her husband, Luis, tested positive for COVID-19 last March and were admitted to Marian Regional Medical Center within days of each other. Running 103, 104 fevers, being packed down on ice here to try and get my fevers down and my wife was admitted on the 28th and I was discharged on the 28th, Luis explained.
Housing and Development Newsletter The legacy of our parents, Mark and Dorothy Smith, was one of giving back to the community that was so good to them,” said Craig and Cameron Smith, directors of the foundation.
Mark Smith, a successful construction entrepreneur and real estate developer, built both homes and commercial properties in Santa Maria.
The developer is best known for Foxenwoods Estates involving 900 custom homes and 240 townhomes in Orcutt. He also developed Foxenwood Country Club Estates consisting of 143 custom homes near to the Santa Maria Country Club.
“The past year has been the most challenging time in health care for our country,” Craig and Cameron Smith said. “When we heard about the strength, courage and perseverance of Louis and Melissa Meza in their fight against the coronavirus, we reached out to Marian Regional Medical Center to find out how we could help. That journey resulted in Marian developing the new ECMO Program and the first of many su
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