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Of the approximately 30 certified nurse midwifes in the Navy, there is only one with Asian American Pacific Islander heritage.
May is designated as Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, May 6-12 serves as National Nurses Week and May 13 is the Navy Nurse Corps 113th birthday at the intersect of these three recognitions is Navy Lt. Cmdr. Cheryl Castro. I am the first, and according to our specialty leader, only Filipino active duty Navy Nurse Corps certified nurse midwife (CNM), said Castro, who is stationed at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton. When I found out I was the only active duty Navy CNM of Asian American Pacific Islander heritage I was surprised. However, it s made me extremely proud because diversity is one of the Navy s biggest strengths. It reminds me how the Navy provided me equal opportunity and rooted out bias. It proves to me the Navy continues to reflect the nation s diversity and commitment to treat everyone with dignity and re
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.
SAN DIEGO
Almost half the active-duty military population of San Diego County have received both doses of the coronavirus vaccine, the Navy said Thursday.
The local vaccine numbers, which the Navy had previously declined to provide, show that vaccination rates among local service members are higher than those among active-duty troop across all branches. The latest numbers from the Defense Department show fewer than 40 percent of active-duty service members are fully vaccinated.
Navy Medical Forces Pacific, which is in charge of administrating vaccines at both Naval Medical Center San Diego and Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, said that it has provided 66,148 first doses and 49,745 second doses of the vaccine to people on active duty. There are about 110,000 people on active duty in San Diego County.
Lance Cpl. Tomiwa Adewale of Texas died early Sunday evening at the scene of the wreck on Las Pulgas Road on Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, California.