SPECIAL REPORT: The company that bought Watsonville Community Hospital in 2019 abruptly stopped managing it last month. The new manager has a troubled history and is under congressional scrutiny. A third party owns the hospital’s building and land. So who’s really calling the shots?
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Watsonville nurses take to streets again, ask hospital to rescind staffing-ratio waiver
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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‘We’re overwhelmed’: Watsonville nurses to demonstrate for second time this month
“We’re overwhelmed, and what we want is a better solution for those gaps in our staffing,” one nurse says. Hospital managers say they’re focused on treating patients and are declining to publicly respond to the unionized nurses’ claims.
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Watsonville nurses to demonstrate against staffing requirement change
Nurses expect to demonstrate outside Watsonville Community Hospital at 2 p.m. Wednesday due to the possibility the hospital could apply for a waiver that allows more patients to nurses than currently allowed.
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With promise of COVID ‘overflow hospitals’ off table, county health officials turn to Plan B
Gail Newel warns of even darker days ahead as cases surge, hospitals fill, and promises of help from the state are withdrawn. The combination of three holidays in a row — Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas — is reason for concern, she warns.