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A brain injury treatment center for military personnel will open its doors April 2 near the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.
The $11.5 million Intrepid Spirit center is the seventh of nine such facilities at military bases across the country. It is funded by the New York-based nonprofit Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund founded in 2000 by Zachary Fisher, who also started the Fisher House Foundation for military families.
The center will operate as a part of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton to treat active-duty military patients who suffer from the physical and psychological effects of brain injury. The center will also provide education and other resources on brain injury for veterans and the wider community.
By Sandra G. León
A new shipment of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in San Diego today as cases continue to number more than 2,000 per day in our county.
A record number of cases has been reported in the past week, with the highest single day since the pandemic began having occurred last Friday when 3,611 new cases were reported. The past week has seen the five highest case counts of the year so far.
San Diego County’s COVID-19 death toll is now 1,311 after 28 more people died from the virus in the last week. Of the 16 male and 12 female patients, all but one of the 50 year-olds to 95 year-olds had underlying medical conditions.
The Department of Defense remains in Phase One of distribution.
“There is a very prescribed roll out,” said Captain Shelley Perkins, commanding officer of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. She is also a surgeon and was part of the first wave of healthcare workers there to get the vaccine.
The coronavirus has been impacting military hospitals much like civilian hospitals. Capt. Perkins said they are taking care of a lot of sick patients, “And it seems like the numbers just keep increasing.”
We know it’s just that extra level of protection that will allow our staff to do the job that they have to do to take care of our patients,” said Capt. Smith.
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A massive fire dooms a warship in San Diego’s waterfront. Training accidents kill 11 in San Clemente Island. Some long deployments come to an end as others are just beginning.
These are a few of the stories affecting the San Diego military community in 2020.
Underpinning it all is the coronavirus pandemic, which sickened many and strained local military forces as they tried to maintain regular operations.
The pandemic tested military leaders and changed day-to-day operations. Sailors endured weeks-long quarantines before going to sea. and Marine recruits isolated in hotels before starting boot camp.
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Before the virus reached US shores, the year began with tensions escalating into violence between the United States and Iran, as both countries sought to exert influence in Iraq.