by News Staff | May 5, 2016 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy The prognosis for Southern Inyo Hospital is hopeful. But, like any patient who’s been resuscitated, the recuperation period is still ahead. Just two months since the doors were re-opened, community members got an update on the recovering finances and...
by News Staff | Feb 9, 2016 | General Misc. Stories
Deb Murphy Southern Inyo Healthcare District isn’t claiming a win, but it has recorded a series of first downs since the state Department of Public Health suspended the hospital’s license January 13. Chief Restructuring Officer Alan Germany provided an operational...
by News Staff | Jan 8, 2016 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy California Department of Public Health staff were probably waiting Tuesday afternoon for Southern Inyo Hospital’s Board to either suspend the hospital’s license or plead for more time. The Board did neither. Instead, Richard Fedchenko, Jaque Hickman and...
by News Staff | Dec 21, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Following an awkward meeting of unanswered questions last Thursday, two members of the Southern Inyo Hospital Board of Directors went into a special ad hoc committee meeting with Kevin Flanigan, chief executive officer for Northern Hospital, County...
by News Staff | Dec 17, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy There’s a discouraging cliché that no good turn goes unpunished. Mike Patterson of Sierra Lifeflight found that out this week when the agency formed to assist emergency medical services in San Bernardino, Inyo and Mono counties nearly put the brakes on...