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vol . I, no. 19 : january 12-18, 2022 : losgatan.com
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DOCTOR SAYS PHYSICIANS GROUP HELPED HER SURVIVE PANDEMIC
Longtime public safety official began with local department in 2009
Pandora Chua describes the dangers of being on the front lines
Drew Penner, Reporter
The Town of Los Gatos has named its new top public safety official, a 20-year veteran cop who’s been on the local force since 2009. Jamie Field says when she learned she would become the community’s first-ever female police chief, she was overjoyed. “I’m honored,” she said in an interview with the Los Gatan. “This is a wonderful opportunity.” She is also the only female head of a municipal law enforcement agency in Santa Clara County.
Drew Penner, Reporter
Just as the world was shutting down with the arrival of SARS-CoV-2, a Brazilian doctor named Carlos R. Degrandi Oliveira, penned an article in a peer-reviewed journal that sounded the alarm about a little-discussed at-risk group— anesthesiologists. On top of day-to-day dangers, such as ionizing radiation, electrical mishaps and noise pollution, he drew on lessons from the 2003 SARS outbreak in Toronto to signal ways to safeguard people in the profession. “Covid-19 imposes a new reality, with a high degree of additional risk and the requirement of extended protection never seen before during the anesthetic management of a patient,” he wrote in the April 2020 edition of Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care, urging practitioners to get enough sleep, have each other’s backs, and maintain contact with ➝ Chua, 8
TOWN APPOINTS JAMIE FIELD AS THE NEW POLICE CHIEF
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LIFELONG PASSION Dr. Pandora “Dora” Chua grew up in the Redwood Estates area of Los Gatos and currently lives in Saratoga. She became fascinated with science and technology at a young age.
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