hospitals

California hospitals face a 2030 deadline to complete retrofit upgrades required under state law. Facilities in rural areas say the nearly 30-year-old legislation was enacted with a top-down approach, and failed to recognize the distinct challenges they face.

Up until this month, Madera County — with a population of more than 150,000 spread out across 2,000 square miles of Central Valley farmland and sparse Sierra — had a single general hospital. Then, on Jan. 3, it closed its doors for good. As CalMatters health reporter Ana B. Ibarra and California Divide reporter Nicole […]

Is California prepared for The Big One? That was the question undoubtedly on many residents’ minds after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Humboldt County in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, resulting in two deaths and at least 12 injuries; damaging homes, roads, bridges, water and gas lines and other critical infrastructure; and leaving about 57,000 […]

State public health officials project that in this California COVID surge, more than 70,000 will be hospitalized at the end of January.

California hospitals are struggling to keep up with increasing COVID cases at the same time they're facing staffing shortages.

An investigation shows little government oversight of hospitals in California and other states where patients are infected with COVID.

EN RESUMEN La respuesta es no en muchas partes de California: Dieciocho condados, en su mayoría rurales, tienen más pacientes COVID-19 hospitalizados hoy que hace un año. Pero a los condados urbanos les va mejor. Read this article in English.  Las fiestas están aquí y la gente está lista para reunirse, abrazarse y festejar. Pero, ¿está […]

The answer is no in many parts of California: Eighteen counties, mostly rural ones, have more hospitalized COVID-19 patients today than a year ago. But urban counties are faring better.

EN RESUMEN Al observar los atascos de tráfico en alta mar en los puertos y los problemas de la cadena de suministro, los hospitales de California informan retrasos y escasez de suministros médicos. Algunos pacientes se ven obligados a reutilizar los tubos médicos. Read this article in English.  Cuando Henry Genung tenía solo cuatro meses, los […]

Eying the offshore traffic jams at ports and supply chain problems, California hospitals report delays and shortages in medical supplies. Some patients are forced to reuse medical tubes.