Union Employees End 3-Day Strike At University Of California Teaching Hospitals

Sacramento Bee: Health Care Workers Claim Win In 3-Day Strike; UC Leaders Say No Deal
Roughly 39,000 unionized employees wrapped up a three-day strike Thursday at five University of California teaching hospitals, including UC Davis Medical Center, a job action that UC leaders said moved them no closer to a contract agreement. ... Union leaders, however, said that they received reports from colleagues working on the UCD hospital floor, saying that the hospital had to postpone services for patients in the gastrointestinal clinic, physical therapy and elective surgery. (Anderson, 10/26)

Fresno Bee: One Valley Hospital Gets A Star For Reducing Infections; Another Needs State Help
Hospitals in the central San Joaquin Valley are among the best and the worst at reducing health care associated infections, according to California public health officials. Mercy Medical Center in Merced is among 16 hospitals in California to have achieved 2020 goals for reducing all types of infections, according to the California Department of Public Health’s 2018 report. (Anderson, 10/26)

The Bakersfield Californian: More Than A Thousand Tour New Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley Hospital
Eager and joyful expressions were on the faces of more than a thousand Tehachapi residents who took tours Sunday afternoon of the soon-to-open, new Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley hospital. Many people have waited years for the facility to become a reality. ...The new hospital, slated to open in November, is located on a 20-acre campus in the Capital Hills area, north of Highway 58 on Magellan Drive. It will replace the current downtown facility, which was built in 1954. The groundbreaking for the new hospital was in 2013, although planning and various bond measures have been passed to fund the hospital since 2003. (Jackson, 10/28)