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Salinas Valley Health opens cardiology office in Hollister
This article was written by BenitoLink intern Camille Mattish. Lea este articulo en español aquí. Salinas Valley Health has served many Hollister patients over the years and has recently brought...
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Only 2 suitors left to bid on Hazel Hawkins
Lea este articulo en español aquí. Another group vying to take over ownership or management of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital has dropped out, leaving the hospital with two suitors. According to the...
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Hospital board delays vote; survey shows doctors favor county JPA
Lea este articulo en español aquí. On May 20, a four-hour board meeting slated to determine the future of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital was held with no vote taken. The San Benito Health Care...
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County residents voice support, concern over hospital proposals
Lea este articulo en español aquí. Love and animosity were high during the May 20 San Benito Health Care District meeting. While the four-hour board meeting did not end with a buyer or partner for the...
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Hospital board delays vote—again
Lea este articulo en español aquí. San Benito County residents will wait another two weeks for a decision on the future of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital. In a 4-0 vote, with Director Devon Pack...
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SEIU local claims negotiations with county “successfully concluded”
Lea este articulo en español aqui. According to Henie Ring, the county Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, a May news release claiming a union contract agreement is false. “We do not have a final...
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Hospital board calls last-minute special meeting on Hazel Hawkins
Editor’s note: The San Benito Health Care District unanimously approved moving forward with Insight Health Systems during the June 5 special meeting. The vote does not approve the partnership, but...
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Senior Council and Community Foundation begin work on ‘Master Plan For Aging’
Lea este articulo en español aquí. In January 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom released the Master Plan For Aging, a comprehensive list of goals and strategies for communities and local governments to use as a...
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Hospital board picks Michigan-based health group to take over Hazel Hawkins
Lea este articulo en español aquí. At a special meeting June 5 the San Benito Health Care District Board of Directors unanimously approved moving forward with Insight Health Systems to eventually take...
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Bankruptcy judge refuses Hazel Hawkins board’s motion
Lea este articulo en español aqui. A San Jose bankruptcy judge on June 7 denied the most recent attempt by the San Benito Health Care District to receive bankruptcy protection. Judge Stephen L....
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Avian flu found locally and worldwide
Lea este artículo en español aquí. Avian flu continues to spread in the U.S. and to date there have been four human deaths in the nation. Humans can get this variation of the flu from birds or...
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Hospital board waiting for takeover agreements
Lea este artículo en español aquí. At the San Benito Health Care District’s June 27 meeting, financial advisor Richard Peil told the hospital board that Insight Health Systems is working on lease and...
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Loud fireworks can cause veterans to relive trauma
This article was written by BenitoLink intern Kaitlyn Martinez. Lea este artículo en español aquí. The Fourth of July is a day of celebrating America but for military veterans who have post-traumatic...
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Chamberlain’s Youth Services to be reborn as Rebekah Children’s Services
Lea este artículo en español aquí. Rebekah Children’s Services is in the final stages of renovating the seven-acre Chamberlain’s Youth Services property on San Benito Street in Hollister, almost two...
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Hospital board pursues takeover plan ahead of general election
Lea este artículo en español aquí. The future of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital will be in the hands of San Benito County voters this Nov. 5, as they are being asked to weigh in on two competing...
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COVID uptick seen in San Benito County
Lea este artículo en español aquí. Editor’s Note: BenitoLink Intern Kaitlyn Martinez contributed to this article. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), respiratory virus...
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Hospital board changes ballot question
Lea este artículo en español aquí. On July 31, the San Benito Health Care District rescinded a resolution they had unanimously approved July 25, and passed a revised measure asking voters to decide on...
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San Benito supervisors will challenge health care district ballot language
Lea este artículo en español aquí. The San Benito County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Aug. 6 to challenge the San Benito Health Care District’s ballot language regarding the lease-purchase...
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Hospital board changes ballot question a second time
Lea este artículo en español aquí. For the second time in eight days, the San Benito Health Care District changed the ballot question for its measure asking voters to approve a plan to lease and sell...
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County supervisors take steps to deal with homelessness in public areas
Lea este artículo en español aquí. The impact of the U. S. Supreme Court’s June 28 decision that people can be legally moved or face arrests and fines for sleeping in public areas is trickling down to...
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