by Emma Dugas | Mar 17, 2020
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor Power cords, data cables and sanitation supplies topped Raymond Fellers long list. No, Fellers wasn’t preparing to isolate during the COVID-19 outbreak—quite the opposite—he was opening the first ever “car clinic” at the Palo Alto...
by Emma Dugas | Mar 6, 2020
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Santa Cruz Community Health (SCCH) and Dientes Community Dental Care (Dientes), today announced a $1 million dollar investment from Sutter Health to support the construction and operation of a 19,000-square-foot...
by Emma Dugas | Nov 1, 2019
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor A spine injury at age 19 left Santa Rosa resident Ken Kilgore with paralysis in both his arms and legs. Bedbound and dependent on a special electric mattress that circulates air to prevent bedsores, Kilgore was nervous about the...
by Emma Dugas | Oct 28, 2019
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor It was a 9-1-1 response three years in the making. On July 2, 2019, Tomás Goco had a stroke just moments after he deplaned at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Tomás’ wife and travel companion, Marisol, recognized the...
by Emma Dugas | Mar 29, 2019
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor BURLINGAME, Calif. — Change can be sudden or slow, in this case it’s both. Sutter Health has been at the forefront of a decade-long journey to offer more patients with aortic valve stenosis an alternative to open-heart surgery. With...
