Medical Camp Aims To Give High Schoolers Glimpse Into Health Care Field
Students are given tours of medical centers, job shadow professionals, listen to speakers from the field, and more at the camp.
The Delano Record:
Medical Academy Camp Exposes Students To Health Care Careers
Students from all three Delano high schools came together for a first-ever medical camp for high school students. The California Endowment and The Kern Community College District collaborated with Delano Joint Unified School District to launch the first-of-its-kind Delano Medical Academy Camp June 26 through June 29 for a group of incoming district ninth-grade students. All the students were selected because of their involvement or interest in the medical field. The objectives of the camp are to provide participating students exposure and increase awareness to careers in the health care field, to build college and career readiness, and to facilitate transitioning from junior high to high school. (Garaygordobil, 7/12)
In other news from across the state —
Sacramento Bee:
Mercy Medical Center In Redding Fired Worker With Vision Loss, Lawsuit Seeking Compensation Alleges
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is alleging that Dignity Health violated federal law when it did not accommodate an employee at its Mercy Medical Center in Redding after she suffered a loss of vision, the agency announced Wednesday. ....But when she tried to return to work, Dignity cited a 20/40 vision requirement it had not used during Sorling's prior employment, according to the disability discrimination lawsuit filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. (Holzer and Anderson, 7/11)
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
Parking Structure Approved For Tri-City Medical Center
Plans to build a three-level parking structure and a new main entrance on Vista Way were approved this week for Tri-City Medical Center. The structure would have 495 parking spaces and an additional 92 surface spaces to serve the existing and new structures planned at the Oceanside hospital and to ease parking and traffic circulation throughout the campus. Oceanside planning commissioners approved the project on a 6-0 vote Tuesday, with Commissioner Curtis Busk absent, despite initial concerns about adding a new traffic signal and entrance on Vista Way. (Diehl, 7/11)