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Hemet Hospital is Dealing with Covid and Then Some RUSTY STRAIT | SENIOR REPORTER
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ith all the rumors and social media assumptions, I decided to go to the source and find out just what is going on at our hospital in Hemet and how much truth there is to rumors and other opinions and assumptions. Dr. Sumanta Chaudhuri-Saini, daughter of Hemet Global Medical Center owner Kali P. Chaudhuri is not much known medically in our community, but most residents of ten years or more remember her wadding held at the family residence on Lake Street. She sat atop one of the elephants imported from India for the occasion. That was then. Now she is a practicing physician and presented tome as an expert about our Hemet Hospital. And although her looks are a good way below her age, she is an encyclopedia of our medical center. I began by asking about the most pervasive rumor that hospitals refer to flu cases as COVID-19 because it brings more money. True or false? "Absolutely not true," she declares. "We are required to categorize every case, plus our annual audits would show the difference. You can bet that no insurance company is going to pay more for a flu patient that was disguised as COVID. It just doesn't happen." How badly, I asked, has the COVID virus affected this hospital? "Of course, it has had an impact onus, but hasn't taken over like it has in places like Los Angeles, which is inundated with COVID. Of course, Los Angeles is a very large city with more cross-city traffic than we have. It has occupied certain floors and we have minimized classic emanations. If a patient is on a COVID floor, we make sure any instruments or necessary equipment from that floor is completely sterilized before it is moved anywhere else. As to how many
JOE AND JILL BIDEN: Biden sworn in as the 46th president. | Courtesy Photo of Getty Images.
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Biden takes the helm as president: ‘Democracy has prevailed’ JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER AND ALEXANDRA JAFFE | AP NEWS
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oe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed” as he took
the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherited a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors. Biden’s inauguration came at a time of national tumult and un-
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California sees hopeful signs as counties fight for vaccines DON THOMPSON | AP NEWS
V VACCINE: Senior reporter Rusty Strait receives COVID-19 vaccination at the Hemet Valley Global Medical Center.. | Courtesy Photo of Rusty Strait cases we've had, at the peak, we had about 85 cases at the Hemet Hospital, although there were considerably more in the Valley because not all cases require hospitalization. We are not and have not been over-crowded. Our biggest problem
is staff. Every hospital in the State is competing for nurses. We certainly urge attendances to nurses schools because it is a good profession, well paid and much needed."
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accine supply issues continued to plague California on Tuesday even as other indicators about the spread of the coronavirus showed what the top health official called “rays of hope” amid the deadliest days of the pandemic. San Francisco’s public health department said its likely to run out of vaccine Thursday, in part because the state pulled back on administering a batch of Moderna shots after several health workers in San Diego had a bad reaction. The county health department received 12,000 doses last week and had expected the same amount this week, but received only 1,775. Local hospitals including the University of California, San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente have
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larger supplies available. Still, “This unreliable source makes it very hard to plan,” public health director Dr. Grant Colfax said. Sacramento County Public
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Hemet to Hold Virtual Community Meetings to Plan Community Skate Park CHRISTOPHER LOPEZ | CONTRIBUTED
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s a result of the Hemet City Council's action on September 8, 2020, the City will convene a planning meeting and survey to gather
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the community's input on the pending community skate park project. In cooperation with its planning team from New Line Skate Parks, the community will be presented the forecasted project via Zoom with a live ques-
On Jan. 21, 1950
Former State Department official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury in testimony about his alleged involvement in a Soviet spy ring before and during World War II.
On Jan. 22, 1984
During Super Bowl XVIII, audiences first see a commercial now widely agreed to be one of the most powerful and effective of all time. Apple's "1984" spot featured a young woman throwing a sledgehammer through a screen on which a Big Brother-like figure preached about "the unification of thought."
On Jan. 23, 1941
Charles Lindbergh, a national hero since his
tion and answer period. The public is encouraged to tune in and actively participate in the Zoom session and compete the survey that will be available online from January 19th until January 26th. "The community input phase of the skate park
project is the most critical component because this project is for the youth and our community. We are extremely excited to engage with the community about what they'd like to see,"
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nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic, testifies before Congress and suggests that the U.S. negotiate a neutrality pact with Hitler. He publicly denounced "the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt Administration."
of the first generals of the American Revolution to lose his life on the battlefield.
On Jan. 24, 1972
U.S. Navy Lt. Everett Alvarez Jr. spends his 2,000th day in captivity in Southeast Asia. First taken prisoner when his plane was shot down Aug. 5, 1964, during one of the first bombing raids over North Vietnam, he became the longest-held POW in U.S. history.
After 28 years of hiding in the jungles of Guam, farmers discover Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant who was unaware that World War II had ended. Yokoi went into hiding in 1944 rather than surrender.
On Jan. 25, 1776
The Continental Congress authorizes the first national Revolutionary War memorial in honor of Gen. Richard Montgomery, who had been killed during an assault on Quebec on Dec. 31, 1775, one
On Jan. 26, 1970
On Jan. 27, 1965
The Shelby GT 350, a version of a Ford Mustang developed by American auto racer Carroll Shelby, is launched. The sports car featured a 306 horsepower V-8 engine and remained in production through the end of the 1960s.
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