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What does this mean for Watsonville patients and the the community?
According to Eileen Applebaum, an economist who studies private equity firms and the co-director at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, “there doesn’t seem to be any evidence that patients are worse treated” at hospitals where private equity firms like Leonard Green are major investors in hospital companies, as is now the case in Watsonville.
”But what we do see is that [if the firm] thinks an operation is not paying its way, they will close it at that particular hospital,” she said, explaining that certain patient services might be reduced or shut down. “They will say: Well, there’s another hospital, it’s only another 50 miles [away]. [You] want to deliver your baby, go there.”
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Local activists in association with the California Nurses Association hosted a local car caravan this afternoon in Goleta.
GOLETA, Calif. Local activists in association with the California Nurses Association hosted a local car caravan this afternoon.
The group aimed to urge state legislators and Governor Newsom to pass California Guaranteed Health Care for all, equivalent to federal bills calling for Medicare for All.
Medicare for All activist Ady Barkan is battling ALS and took part in today’s car caravan.
“This crisis has proven how broken our healthcare system is,” he said. “It has proven how dramatically we need to overhaul the system so that we put the health of patients above the profits of healthcare companies.”
California Nurses Urges Congress to Pass Biden’s American Rescue Plan
By Bertram Keller Contributing Writer
Published February 4, 2021
Members of the California Nurses Association (CNA) and National Nurses United (NNU) organized an online briefing for the California Congressional Delegation, with hopes that congress steps up to meets the needs of healthcare workers during the highest recorded surge of Covid-19 cases.
As numbers continue to spike, hospital conditions have become unacceptable for frontline medical workers. The inadequate funding behind public health has led to a shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), understaffed personnel, and neglect for the protocol of infectious disease control.
More Bay Area women are getting vaccinated than men. Here s why
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Bev Cullen, 80, receives her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Debbie Outcalt at Oakmont of Montecito assisted living facility.Sarahbeth Maney / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Pharmacist Mai Baltazar (left) and registered nurse Debbie Outcalt prepare doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for residents at Oakmont of Montecito.Sarahbeth Maney / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Bev Cullen, 80, talks with staff members Michaela Olson (center) and Melinda Alvarez while waiting to receive her second dose of the vaccine at Oakmont of Montecito assisted living facility in Concord.Sarahbeth Maney / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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San Diego County’s daily new-case total dipped below 1,000 for the first time since Nov. 29 Tuesday as the number of vaccination locations continued to increase despite continued uncertainty that there will be enough doses to meet the region’s demand.
That total landed just before the City of San Diego announced its first direct vaccine shipment of 1,200 doses, which will be used to inoculate people experiencing homelessness starting Wednesday morning. Earlier in the day, the region’s fourth vaccination super station opened in La Mesa even as UC San Diego announced its intention to open a fifth such center in Rimac Arena on its campus Monday.