LA MESA
Christian T. Wallis, who has more than 25 years of experience in the health care field, was named the new CEO of the Grossmont Healthcare District on Monday.
The district’s five-member Board of Directors unanimously approved a two-year contract for Wallis.
Wallis, who lives in the village of Grayslake, Ill., 40 miles north of Chicago, will start May 17 with a salary of $215,000, according to the district.
He takes over for Barry Jantz, who was the public health care district’s leader since 2004. Jantz retired in March of this year, but stayed on as a contracted worker until a replacement was found.
CAMP PENDLETON
One Marine was killed and two injured in a three-vehicle crash on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Sunday, the Marines said in a statement.
The collision occurred around 5 p.m. Sunday on Las Pulgas Road. All of the vehicles involved were privately owned vehicles and the Marines were all off-duty at the time, said Capt. Cameron Edinburgh, a 1st Marine Division spokesman.
One injured Marine was airlifted to Scripps Memorial Hospital and is being treated for his injuries, the statement read. The third Marine was treated and released from Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.
The name of the Marine who was killed is being withheld until 24 hours after notification of next of kin. Edinburgh declined to say to which unit the Marine was attached but said it was a 1st Marine Division command.
One Marine killed, two others injured in crash at Camp Pendleton
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(KGTV) One Marine was killed and two others injured in a crash at Camp Pendleton Sunday evening.
According to the 1
st Marine Division, the crash happened on Las Pulgas Road around 5 p.m. Sunday. No other details were released on the nature of the crash.
One Marine was pronounced dead at the scene while another was airlifted to Scripps Memorial Hospital.
The third Marine was assessed to have non-serious injuries and was treated at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.
The name of the Marine killed in the crash hasnât been released.
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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.
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.