Scripps Health targeted by cyberattack
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla was affected by a May 1 cyberattack on Scripps Health’s computer network.
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The hospital system, which includes La Jolla, was hit in an attack that forced it to block patient access to online portals and divert some critical-care patients.
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A ransomware attack on Scripps Health’s computer network over the weekend significantly disrupted care, forcing the giant health care provider to stop patient access to its online portal, postpone appointments set for Monday, May 3, and divert some critical-care patients to other hospitals.
Though the provider, which sees more than 700,000 patients annually, initially downplayed the intrusion, an internal memo obtained by
De Guzman died from wounds suffered in the shooting. Irwin is seriously wounded but is expected to survive. I can tell you [De Guzman] is a loving, caring husband, father, talked about his family all the time, Zimmerman told reporters. I personally worked with him when I was a lieutenant at Mid-City Division. I know him. This is gut-wrenching. He cared. He came to work every single day just wanting to make a positive difference in his community. I can’t begin to put in words the emotions and feelings that surround an event like this. This is one of the most difficult and heart-wrenching situations for police officers to go through, Zimmerman added.
New second tower on the way up at Scripps La Jolla hospital
A rendering depicts the new second medical tower now under construction at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.
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For months, workers have been pouring a new foundation on a triangular piece of ground on the northern edge of the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla campus.
Cement trucks are delivering the beginnings of a $664 million, seven-story medical tower that will mirror an adjacent and nearly identical V-shaped structure that opened in 2015 and houses the Prebys Cardiovascular Institute on Genesee Avenue just east of Interstate 5.
An official groundbreaking ceremony was set for Thursday, April 22. “We started construction during the height of COVID and we couldn’t do a ceremony then, so it’s a little after the fact, but it’s still exciting,” said Chris Van Gorder, Scripps’ chief executive officer.
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For months now, workers have been pouring a new foundation on a triangular piece of ground on the northern edge of the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla campus.
Cement trucks are now delivering the beginnings of a $664 million, seven-story medical tower that will mirror an adjacent and nearly-identical v-shaped structure that opened in 2015 and houses the Prebys Cardiovascular Institute on Genesee Avenue just east of Interstate 5.
Though work is already underway, Scripps will hold an official groundbreaking ceremony for its latest investment on Thursday.
“We started construction during the height of COVID, and we couldn’t do a ceremony then, so it’s a little after the fact, but it’s still exciting,” said Chris Van Gorder, Scripps’ chief executive officer.
EL CAJON
A 56-year-old El Cajon man died Wednesday in a hospital one day after he was injured in a hit-and-run crash involving a tow truck on Jamacha Road, authorities said.
Bobby Jo Jacobs Jr. was a passenger in a vehicle that was struck by a tow truck driver Tuesday evening, according to El Cajon police and the county Medical Examiner’s Office.
Medics took him to Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego, where he died late Wednesday night, more than 28 hours after the crash, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
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El Cajon police have said the tow truck was hauling two vehicles about 5:40 p.m. Tuesday when the driver, headed south on Jamacha Road just south of Main, made a sudden turn and collided with another southbound vehicle. The tow truck then crashed into a stand of palm trees outside an apartment complex, and the driver allegedly got out and ran away.