Tulare Regional Medical Center Is Two Big Steps Closer To Reopening

KVPR | By Joe Moore

Published July 3, 2018 at 9:36 AM PDT

Tulare Regional Medical Center has been closed since last fall. (file photo)

Plans to reopen a shuttered hospital in Tulare County took a big step forward last week. The board of the Tulare Local Health Care District voted to move ahead with a plan to reopen the Tulare Regional Medical Center under the operation of Adventist Health, which operates hospitals in Hanford, Selma and Reedley. TRMC has been closed since last fall when a fragile situation between the board and the prior management company reached a breaking point, and the district sought bankruptcy protection. We spoke with Xavier Avila, a member of the hospital’s board, to talk about why the district chose Adventist as its partner, and about the end of a lawsuit between the hospital and its former physicians group.

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Joe Moore

Joe Moore is the President and General Manager of Valley Public Radio. During his tenure, he's helped lead the station through major programming changes and the COVID-19 pandemic, while maintaining the station's financial health. From 2010-2018 he served as the station's Director of Program Content. In that role, he also served as the host of Valley Edition, and helped launch and grow the station's award-winning local news department. He is a Fresno native and a graduate of California State University, Fresno.

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