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Judge approves deal to re-open Madera Community …

WEBFRESNO, Calif. – A judge on Tuesday approved a plan by American Advanced Management (AAM) to operate Madera Community Hospital, capping off a …

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Madera Community Hospital to be run by American …

WEBThe company currently runs eight hospitals in California and Texas as well as three urgent care facilities and 12 rural and specialty clinics. One of its hospitals is …

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A year after our investigation into medical care, deaths at …

WEBIn 2021, 21 patients died while in custody of CSH, a sum that equates to 1.6% of the hospital’s population. That death rate was 60 percent higher than the average …

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COVID-19 Vaccine Offers Hope For Seniors, But Getting …

WEBDora Garza, 82, walks out of the Madera County Health Department on a windy day in February. She’s just received her first dose of the vaccine and she says the …

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Fresno's COVID-19 Equity Project Inspires Community …

WEBThe COVID-19 Equity Project didn’t materialize overnight. Organizers first met last April, and it took until August to secure their first round of funding. But Tania …

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A conversation with Dr. Trinidad Solis, Fresno County’s …

WEBA little over a year ago, Fresno made headlines as one of the first California counties to offer the COVID vaccine to farmworkers.That initiative was partly the work of …

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A judge has decided who will reopen Madera Community …

WEBKVPR. Judge René Lastreto heard hours of testimony before approving a plan by American Advanced Management to operate Madera Community Hospital. …

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California’s San Joaquin Valley has a therapist shortage.

WEBMental health professionals remain in short supply across California, a problem that has only gotten worse since the pandemic spurred an increase in demand …

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More Doctors For The Valley

WEBThe San Joaquin Valley’s first four-year medical school has finally opened in Fresno County. And, despite virtual learning at many universities during the ongoing …

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In California, doctors from Mexico help fill the need for …

WEBA 2002 law cleared the way for physicians from Mexico to practice in the United States. In California, only 5% of doctors are Latino. The law dubbed the …

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Kern County's mothers and babies are dying and no one seems

WEBKern County has one of the highest infant mortality rates in California and mothers die during pregnancy and childbirth in the San Joaquin Valley at a higher rate …

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Thirty Patients Died At Coalinga State Hospital In 2020. Some …

WEBLast year, 30 Coalinga patients died, a sum of more than two percent of the patient population. An FM89 investigation of state data revealed that the death rate was …

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Deaths At Coalinga State Hospital: How We Conducted Our

WEBListen • 7:49. Last year, 30 patients died at Coalinga State Hospital, a psychiatric facility in western Fresno County. That's more than 2 percent of the population--a death rate that's …

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Doctor at center of fraud settlement now embroiled in …

WEBFRESNO, Calif. — In July, Dr. Francis Lagattuta, a physician who operated a network of pain clinics throughout Central California known as Lags Medical Centers, …

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The medical board accused a Bakersfield OB-GYN of negligence.

WEBThroughout Park’s career in Bakersfield, at least five of his patients died, including two mothers and three babies, according to a KVPR review of medical board …

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With $50 million in state funds now available, Madera Community

WEBState money has been set aside to help the bankrupt Madera Community Hospital reopen – nearly a year after it shut its doors. MADERA, Calif. – Out of 17 …

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Kaweah hospital in Visalia, CA, faces budget cuts after pandemic

WEBOn Thursday, Congressman Jim Costa (D-21) and Congressman-elect John Duarte (R-13) sent a joint letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier …

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Clinics officially end services in Madera County amid bankruptcy

WEBEsther Quintanilla. /. KVPR. Emergency services at Madera Community Hospital closed in late December. In January, the hospital filed for shut down altogether, …

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