Sierra Wave: Eastern Sierra News
Eastern Sierra News for Bishop, Mammoth, Lone Pine, June Lake, Mammoth Lakes
- Mammoth Hospital Press Release As part of a commitment to deliver excellent, compassionate health care services for our residents and visitors, Mammoth Hospital is now donating the services of a certified athletic trainer to increase safety for Mammoth High School student athletes. Athletic Trainers are health care professionals who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, [...]
Press release from Mammoth Hospital: – By Ehren Goetz, Public Relations Coordinator Mammoth Hospital nurses were honored recently with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the amazing efforts nurses perform every day at a luncheon held May 7th at Mammoth Hospital. Out of eight [...]
In hospital news in Inyo and Mono, our facilities and officials face lots of changes as the Health Care Reform Act unfolds, other regulations grow and administrators plan to leave or return to their work. The Northern Inyo Hospital Board was scheduled to meet Wednesday at 5:30 pm in the board room on Birch Street. [...]
Fresh snow and icy roads apparently contributed to an accident that sent a pick-up over the edge of Highway 395 at the Mono Lake Viewpoint on Conway Summit. California Highway Patrol Officer Ann Morin said that the driver and passenger of the pick-up were from Victorville. They received minor injuries. The officer said that this [...]
Mammoth Hospital Auxiliary Donates Nearly $140,000 to Mammoth Hospital By Lori Ciccarelli, Mammoth Hospital Community Relations Director Thanks to a generous contribution from the Mammoth Hospital Auxiliary, Mammoth Hospital will continue its over-the-top continuity of quality patient care. At a recent January Auxiliary general meeting, it was voted unanimously to fund several capital equipment items [...]
(Press Release) Three of the Southern Mono Healthcare District (SMHD) Board of Director Board terms expired on November 30, 2012. There were only three candidates who submitted applications for those positions; an election was not required. At the November 20, 2012 Mono County Board of Supervisors meeting, Helen Shepherd, Dr. Maria King, and Dr. Stephen [...]
Colds have already started to make the rounds in the Eastern Sierra, and Mammoth Hospital warns that a particular virus has come up this year – one that particularly hits children. It’s called Respiratory Syncytial Virus or RSV. Public Relations Coordinator Ehren Goetz reported that Mammoth Hospital has seen five cases of RSV in the [...]
Mammoth Hospital Earns Prestigious Healthcare District-of-the-Year Award 2012 By Lori Ciccarelli, Community Relations Director The Southern Mono Healthcare District (dba Mammoth Hospital) was awarded the Healthcare District-of-the-Year presented by the Association of California Healthcare Districts (ACHD). Mammoth Hospital was recognized for motivational approaches to improve the vitality of the business, for outstanding contributions that have [...]
Dr. Colin Skinner of England has walked thousands of miles to raise awareness and money for hospice. His current journey started in North Dakota, and he plans to end it in San Francisco. Weather and conditions as he snowshoed through Yosemite caused him to rest a bit in the Eastern Sierra. On Saturday, the Mono [...]
This last month we were shocked and saddened to learn of the arrest of Andrew Bourne, M.D., who was Mammoth Hospital’s preeminent General and Vascular Surgeon. As we started to come to grips with this event we were aghast to learn of his death. It’s hard to describe the wide range of emotions that our [...]
(Story updated Wednesday, 1-18-12 with further statement from Mammoth Hospital.) Thursday, Dr. Andrew Bourne and Joe Walker, both of Mammoth Lakes, will return to Santa Barbara Superior Court for a hearing. The Santa Barbara District Attorney’s office has promised to file more charges in the child sex case involving these two defendants. Meanwhile, community impacts [...]
The Mono County Sheriff’s Department reports that on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 1, 2011, at approximately 4:00pm, the Sheriff’s Department dispatch received a call regarding the report of an adult female possibly attempting suicide in the Chalfant area. California Highway Patrol and Chalfant Fire Department were the first agencies to respond to the scene. [...]
