According to a report from the Inspection Support Network, the Bakersfield metro area added 24,814 residents between 2015 and 2020, an increase of 2.8%.
Across the country, the healthcare system is tired, feeling burned out and short staffed due to the pandemic. That’s how local hospitals are saying it is here in Kern County too.
Dignity Health announced Thursday that it will require all of its employees and who provide care at its three hospitals in Bakersfield to be vaccinated against COVID.