Monthly Archives - April 2010

While collaborating with Sanford health of South Dakota and San Diego philanthropists Pam and Marty Wygod, Rady children's hospital is seeking to develop a primary and specialty care clinic for children in Oceanside. The primary focus of this project is to increase access to a variety of pediatric services ranging from preventative medicine to heart treatment to San Diego Lasik care. The new facility will be known as the Stanford children's clinic at Rady Children's Hospital and is scheduled to open in the spring of 2011. A very generous 2.5 million-dollar donation from the Wygods will help fund part of the project. Marty Wygod is also the chairman for WebMD Health, and attended a news conference at the site of the future clinic with Ernest Rady and South Dakota businessman T. Denny Sanford, whose $400 million gift to Sanford children's in 2007 was able to launch a the hospitals project to open pediatric clinics worldwide. This clinic is strategically placed with about 110,000 children living within 10 miles of the site. This clinic will also drastically increase the amount of general and specialty pediatricians practicing in North San Diego. This center will be housed in a 28,600 ft.² building that has been purchased by Rady children's. The large two-story structure is built a bout a mile west of Tri-City medical facility.

SAN DIEGO - health officials confirmed that a 22-year-old man who tested positive for swine flu has died. The man was hospitalized at Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista, a small city within San Diego, and was admitted for medical conditions. Dr. Wilma Wooten, a county public health officer, said "This is a solemn reminder that H1N1 is still in our community, and our sympathies are with the family of this young man". Dr. Wilma Wooten did say that the swine flu virus is not as widespread as it was last year, however, San Diego city health officials are still encouraging people to take precautions such as covering their mouse when they cough and washing hands frequently to prevent the virus from spreading further. To this day, 63 people in San Diego County who tested positive for the swine flu virus have died. Seven of them were nonresidents visiting the area officials confirm. A local Lasik San Diego has also urged people to refrain from touching their eyes as this is a possible way for viruses and bacteria to be spread. There are six public health centers and one vaccination clinic in San Diego where you can get H1N1 vaccines. If you would like more information please visit the San Diego County website.