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Health Care
5:52 pm
Tue May 21, 2013

Medical Procedures Vary By Region, According to New Study

A map from a new study by the California Healthcare Foundation displays the geographic disparities in certain medical procedures, in this case, induced deliveries.
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By Katie Orr

Depending on where they practice, doctors in different parts of California are more likely to recommend certain procedures. It’s a phenomenon called “variance.” A study from The California Healthcare Foundation shows it’s a consideration both patients and physicians should be aware of. The Foundation’s Maribeth Shannon says doctors might not realize what they’re doing.

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10:53 am
Thu August 30, 2012

Rotary Donates Water Filters to Monson Residents

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Many rural Tulare County residents can't drink water from their wells due to nitrate pollution. But now a group of Visalia Rotarians are working to change that, by donating $15,000 worth of reverse-osmosis filters to residents in the small community of Monson.
Although Monson residents each have their own well, none of them can safely drink from them because of high nitrate levels. Guadalupe Perez cannot drink her water or cook with it, she said. Like many residents, she purchases her drinking water in Orosi a few miles away. But that is about to change.
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Valley Edition
1:37 pm
Thu June 21, 2012

Backyard citrus harvest helps feed those in need

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Sarah Ramirez displays the fruits of her harvest at a backyard in Visalia
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Sarah Ramirez carries her citrus harvesting tools to the next harvest site
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Sarah Ramirez rests for a moment during a backyard harvest in Visalia
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Crates of lemons from two backyard trees harvested by TC Harvest
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Tulare Union High School student Conrad Santos stands on a ladder to reach some oranges at the top of a tree in a Visalia backyard.
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Volunteers work to harvest citrus at a Visalia backyard
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TC Harvest volunteers unload the morning's harvest at the Foodlink warehouse in Visalia
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Across the southern San Joaquin Valley, the commercial citrus harvest is virtually over. But over the past two months, a volunteer group has been working in backyards across Tulare county to collect fruit that would otherwise go to waste, and donate it to those in need. FM89's Joe Moore has this report.

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Health
2:24 pm
Wed March 14, 2012

Tulare hospital receives debt downgrade

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The bond rating firm Fitch announced this week that it is downgrading the debt of a Tulare county hospital. The Tulare Local Health Care District saw its rating dip from BBB- to BB+.

The firm cited the hospital’s recent drop in profitability, and dramatic decline in liquidity as factors for the downgrade. The organization believes the hospital’s financial health will stabilize in the remainder of 2012, as a new 24 bed emergency wing is completed at the Tulare Regional Medical Center.

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