Family searching for relative who went missing after hospital discharge
Family searching for relative who went missing after hospital discharge
The family of a missing man from Pittsburg says they are desperate to find him. More than five months have passed since Glenn Dispo was discharged from Contra Costa Regional Medical Center. Yet, relatives still don t know his whereabouts.
PITTSBURG, Calif. - The family of a missing man from Pittsburg says they are desperate to find him.
More than five months have passed since Glenn Dispo was discharged from Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez. Yet, relatives say they still don t know what happened to him.
January 12, 2021 by CALmatters
(CALMATERS) – Gov. Gavin Newsom has a lot of political capital riding on his goal of vaccinating 1 million additional Californians by this weekend.
MARTINEZ, CA – DECEMBER 15: Registered Nurse Matthew Brenner receives a Covid-19 vaccine from Registered Nurse Kathy Ferris, left, at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec.15, 2020. Frontline healthcare workers who work in roles with high risk of exposure to infectious disease received their initial doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine recently approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
Apart from school reopenings, no issue looms larger for Newsom’s third year in office and his ability to fend off a growing recall movement than the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, which has so far been plagued with logistical and technical problems. Only eight states have administered fewer doses per capita than
January 11, 2021 by CALmatters
(CALMATTERS) – Getting the coronavirus vaccines into the arms of as many Californians as possible has become a race against time as COVID-19 cases continue to spiral upward and a more infectious variant of the virus takes root.
MARTINEZ, CA – DECEMBER 15: Dr. Sergio Urcuyo, chair of the Department of Hospital Medicine, left, prepares to receive a Covid-19 vaccine from Registered Nurse Kathy Ferris, left, as Infection Prevention and Control Program Manager Holly Longmuir, explains the procedure to Licensed Vocational Nurse Henri K. at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec.15, 2020. Frontline healthcare workers who work in roles with high risk of exposure to infectious disease received their initial doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine recently approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
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Getting the coronavirus vaccines into the arms of as many Californians as possible has become a race against time as COVID-19 cases continue to spiral upward and a more infectious variant of the virus takes root.
Many questions remain unanswered about how the next and much larger wave of Californians will be vaccinated, even as doctors and other health providers in the first priority group are complaining to state officials that they still can t get access to the vaccines.
At a vaccine community advisory committee meeting on Wednesday, state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan announced an ambitious immunization goal, acknowledging widespread criticism that the state has moved too slowly to vaccinate its first priority group of frontline health care workers and nursing home residents.
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Pamela Burnett, 37, with husband Steven and their children Hunter, 3, and Sawyer, 9 months old.Courtesy Pamela BurnettShow MoreShow Less
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Burnett is a labor and delivery nurse at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez.Courtesy Pamela BurnettShow MoreShow Less
Pamela Burnett was driving her usual route from her Concord home to Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, where she works the overnight shift as a labor and delivery nurse. It was Dec. 23, her last shift before a Christmas break, and she was looking forward to spending the next four days with her family.