Governor reshuffles state hospital leadership and staffing
The governor outlines a statewide series of unannounced visits to strengthen hospital management and training. He defends Health Director Dr Jerome Lackner amid criticism and cites planned adoption of staffing standards from 1973. A new slate of hospital directors and administrators is named across Camarillo Atascadero Napa Stockton Metrop olitan Pat ton Fairview Pacific Sonoma Porterville with details on their roles and prior posts.
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Jerome Lackner
Lackner
Health Department
Clint Rust
Camarillo
Samuel Yockey
Atascadero
David Ger Agnews
Abraham Linn
Napa
Santi Rogers
Stockton
Mal Towery
Metropolitan
Kenneth Clewett
Patton
Michael Levine
Fairview
Harry Lewis
Pacific
Tom Gillows
Sonoma
James Shelton
Porterville
Rust
Yockey
Department of Health
Southern California Hospitals Seek Cancer Program Approval
Forty three Southern California hospitals seek approval from the Commission on Cancer to standardize cancer treatment quality. The article notes California leads in cancer program applications and lists admin and medical director changes at several hospitals including Fairview Pacific Sonoma Porterville and others as the new directors take posts. Health officials discuss staffing updates and a budget increase for the developmentally disabled program, with the department citing new positions and a rise in enrollment.
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California
Southern California
Commission On Cancer of the American College of Surgeons
USC Hospital
Sookes
Horace Heidt Faces Divorce Suit From Fifth Wife
Irene Mary Byrd Heidt 56 files for divorce from Horace Heidt in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday. Heidt, once famous as Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights, was named as the respondent in the action.
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Horace Heidt
Knights
Irene Mary Byrd Heidt
Los Angeles
Probe finds death natural at hospital
Homicide officers investigating the death of Metropolitan State Hospital patient Charles Brown, 51, of Huntington Park, say the man died of natural causes. Brown entered the facility in Norwalk Nov. 14. The coroner completed an autopsy and continues tests. In the past three months, coroner inquests have declared three hospital patient deaths were not accidents. Homicide detectives investigate those deaths.
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Metropolitan State Hospital
Charles’ Brown
Huntington Park
Norwalk
Robert Lee
Los Angeles County
La Mirada Hills Grass Fire Damages Trees
A three acre brush and grass fire in La Mirada Hills off Beach Boulevard north of Rosecrans Avenue caused minor damage Wednesday night. Firefighters contained the blaze with no injuries reported.
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Beach Boulevard
Rosetrans Avenue
la Mirada
Deluge of calls prompts state review of quake forecast
California disaster officials will study private geophysicist Henry Minturn's quake-prediction method after a flood of inquiries. The Office of Emergency Services said an official public advisory would follow only after analysis confirms the technique. Minturn, based in Pueblo, Colorado, has claimed several forecasts this year but USGS scientists question the method.
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California
Henry Minturn
Office of Emergency Services
Minturn
Pueblo
Colo
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Australia
ANDEL
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Mexico City
Chile
U.S. Geological Survey
Californias Earthquake Warning Drives Precaution Advice
The CES statement notes California is earthquake country and a damaging temblor could occur at any time. It urges prudent and reasonable precautions and preparations for such an event.
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