Letter: Death penalty costing California
Whenever the state puts to death someone in a state sanctioned
Letter: Hazel Hawkins supervisor responds to hospital claims
I have read the response and questions presented by Mr. Kevin Doherty. I have also been in health care for well over 20 years. IÂ have worked in hospitals all over California, across the country, and in the private sector as well. Mr. Doherty is correct in his observations and the roles of governing agencies at the state and federal levels. It is their job to find where there is improvement to grow and to be sure that the hospitals are functioning at the levels that have been sent forth by them. Every hospital that I have worked at has stories of great work for their community and their patients. The scene of lives being saved and making people comfortable happen at all of them. There are so many unsung heroes in every hospital, at so many different levels.
Letter: Another school day, another lockdown
It seems to keep hitting closer to home. Two weeks ago, it was Yerba Buena High School up in San Jose. Just a day ago (Sept. 14), it was Hollister High School. And every single day sometimes two or three lockdowns at schools across...
Letter: Hospital poised for a great fall
What happens when Humpty Dumpty falls off the wall and all the king’s men and all the king’s horses can’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again? Think for a moment that Humpty Dumpty represents our hospital, the wall is the Health Care District, and...
Letter: Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week is Oct. 5-11Â
California’s love affair with unmerited lawsuits targeted at small and minority small business owners is alive and well. So much so that the California Assembly failed to even schedule a hearing on Senate Bill 84, a much-needed reform measure to protect against abusive shakedown...
Dollars and no sense in county government
What goes up must come down. Well, not in Hollister. In January






