Despite a weekend of negotiations, and in the shadow of the Creek fire, Community Regional Medical Center and its physician provider — Central California Faculty Medical Group —still haven't come to a resolution. This means anyone with head trauma requiring neuro-surgery after hours must be sent to another level 1 trauma center as...
CRMC Contract Dispute Drags Into Labor Day Weekend, No Neurosurgical Services
It's unclear if Community Regional Medical Center will have doctors to provide care for anyone suffering a head injury that requires surgery over the busy Labor Day weekend. What is clear? There's still no agreement between the hospital and its physician provider — Central California Faculty Medical Group — to treat new...
CRMC Nurse Dies From COVID-19 After 46 Days in Hospital
Oliver Isleta, 58, a registered nurse in the Community Regional Medical Center telemetry unit died Tuesday after a long battle with COVID-19. He leaves behind a wife of 27 years, and a 13-year-old son — both in the Philippines. Isleta hoped to become a U.S. citizen so he could bring...
Valley Hospitals Get Two More Weeks of Military Help
With hospitalizations in the Valley down only slightly, military medical teams are extending their help in the coronavirus battle by 14 days. But, according to Fresno County EMS Director Dan Lynch, that won't be long enough. Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, Kaweah Delta Medical Center in Visalia, and Adventist...
Fresno County Out of COVID-19 Drug, Tired Doctors Welcome Military Help
The federal government is pushing out remdesivir as fast as it can get it, and yet Fresno County says the cupboard is bare. The potentially life-saving drug, which has anecdotally helped COVID-19 patients in the Valley, is hard to come by. The hospitals that do have it are sharing it...
Military Teams Arriving at Valley Hospitals This Week to Combat COVID-19
Department of Defense teams are deploying to hospitals in Fresno, Visalia, and Hanford this week to help fight a surge of COVID-19 cases. The 20-person teams are on month-long missions to help hospitals maximize their available bed space as case counts push the facilities to capacity. At the request of...
Doctor, Clovis Neighbor Team to Keep Patients, Staff Safe from COVID
To help keep doctors and patients safe during COVID-19, Dr. Athira Nair needed just one material — plastic! The pediatric cardiologist at UCSF Fresno was inspired by a Taiwanese anesthesiologist's internet video to create a two-foot plastic cube that fits around a patient's head. "We just call it the aerosol box," Nair said....