KAWEAH DELTA VIRTUAL TOWN HALL
Kaweah Health’s Virtual Town Hall - Wednesday, May 20
At Kaweah Health, the greatest lesson we have learned is the importance of listening carefully to our community. We are launching a live webinar, to further involve the community in our efforts to gather feedback. Your feedback will help us continually improve and make sure we are best meeting the needs of our region.
Gary Herbst, Kaweah Health’s Chief Executive Officer
Hosted by Herbert Hawkins, Kaweah Health Zone 1 Board Member
Questions from May 20 Town Hall Meeting
- Question #1: How many people are currently in hospital with COVID?- WATCH VIDEO
- Question #2: How many deaths in Tulare County attributed to COVID were Nursing Home Patients?- WATCH VIDEO
- Question #3: How many deaths in Tulare County attributed to COVID that weren't in a Nursing Home, had underlying conditions? - WATCH VIDEO
- Question #4: Are we seeing more cases because of more testing? Isn’t it more helpful for the community to know the number of hospitalizations and ventilators available? - WATCH VIDEO
- Question #5: Why is the county not disclosing the age range of the people who have passed away?- WATCH VIDEO
- Question #6: How many people in our county died last year during this same timeframe from the flu, pneumonia, or other respiratory illnesses? - WATCH VIDEO
- Question #7: What is our current capacity in Tulare County is to treat COVID patients?- WATCH VIDEO
- Question #8: Where can the public receive information as to the exact number of patients admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 from March until now. It seems as though the majority of local “infected people” have been able to fight this off at home. They would like to try to figure out what the actual recovery rate has been. It seems as though the majority of COVID-19 related deaths are mainly due to deaths from senior nursing and rehab facilities. Where does the hospital report all of this and is there a website to view it? - WATCH VIDEO
- Question #9: Is there a timeline that the hospital hopes to meet in testing for COVID? - WATCH VIDEO
- Question #10: Are there timelines and goals established for each of the "priority" groups?- WATCH VIDEO
- Question #11: Are people without symptoms being tested?- WATCH VIDEO
- Question #12: Can a Tulare County resident can be tested without an appointment?- WATCH VIDEO
- Question #13: What prescription drugs are being administered to COVID positive patients who are hospitalized? If the prescription drugs vary, please share the commonly administered.- WATCH VIDEO
- Question #14: What actions and steps has KD put into place to ensure patients coming in for surgery won’t get COVID-19? - WATCH VIDEO
- Question #15: Why is Kaweah resuming some services and prioritizing money over patient and staff safety? There is concern that COVID cases in this county are continuing to increase at an alarming rate and the hospital should be more cautious about resuming operations. - WATCH VIDEO
- Question #16: What are your thoughts on the County Board of Supervisor’s decision to move forward with reopening our county in spite of the Tulare County Health and Human Services and Governor Newsom’s guidelines? - WATCH VIDEO
- Question #17: With so many cases on the rise, why haven’t city and county leaders implemented mandatory masks when in public? - WATCH VIDEO
- Question #18: When is the Lifestyle Center going to reopen?- WATCH VIDEO
- Question #19: Do you foresee a change in our labor and delivery policy regarding visitors?- WATCH VIDEO
- Question #20: What is the timeframe for evaluating the reimplementation of visitors for patients in the hospital in general? - WATCH VIDEO
- Question #21: What is being done to contact Devin Nunes and our U.S. Senators to get them to sponsor legislation to fund Kaweah Health for its losses due to the pandemic?- WATCH VIDEO
- Question #22: Why have nursing homes in our area been hit so hard with this virus? - WATCH VIDEO
- Question #23: Is Kaweah Health doing contact tracing?- WATCH VIDEO
Kaweah Health’s Virtual Town Hall - Wednesday, May 20
Question #1: How many people are currently in hospital with COVID?
Question #2: How many deaths in Tulare County attributed to COVID were Nursing Home Patients?
Question #3: How many deaths in Tulare County attributed to COVID that weren't in a Nursing Home, had underlying conditions?
Question #4: Are we seeing more cases because of more testing? Isn’t it more helpful for the community to know the number of hospitalizations and ventilators available?
Question #5: Why is the county not disclosing the age range of the people who have passed away?
Question #6: How many people in our county died last year during this same timeframe from the flu, pneumonia, or other respiratory illnesses?
Question #7: What is our current capacity in Tulare County is to treat COVID patients?
Question #8: Where can the public receive information as to the exact number of patients admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 from March until now. It seems as though the majority of local “infected people” have been able to fight this off at home. They would like to try to figure out what the actual recovery rate has been. It seems as though the majority of COVID-19 related deaths are mainly due to deaths from senior nursing and rehab facilities. Where does the hospital report all of this and is there a website to view it?
Question #9: Is there a timeline that the hospital hopes to meet in testing for COVID?
Question #10: Are there timelines and goals established for each of the "priority" groups?
Question #11: Are people without symptoms being tested?
Question #12: Can a Tulare County resident can be tested without an appointment?
Question #13: What prescription drugs are being administered to COVID positive patients who are hospitalized? If the prescription drugs vary, please share the commonly administered.
Question #14: What actions and steps has KD put into place to ensure patients coming in for surgery won’t get COVID-19?
Question #15: Why is Kaweah resuming some services and prioritizing money over patient and staff safety? There is concern that COVID cases in this county are continuing to increase at an alarming rate and the hospital should be more cautious about resuming operations.
Question #16: What are your thoughts on the County Board of Supervisor’s decision to move forward with reopening our county in spite of the Tulare County Health and Human Services and Governor Newsom’s guidelines?
Question #17: With so many cases on the rise, why haven’t city and county leaders implemented mandatory masks when in public?
Question #18: When is the Lifestyle Center going to reopen?
Question #19: Do you foresee a change in our labor and delivery policy regarding visitors?
Question #20: What is the timeframe for evaluating the reimplementation of visitors for patients in the hospital in general?
Question #21: What is being done to contact Devin Nunes and our U.S. Senators to get them to sponsor legislation to fund Kaweah Health for its losses due to the pandemic?
Question #22: Why have nursing homes in our area been hit so hard with this virus?
