In The News
Hoag Hospital is Taking Exceptional Care in the E.R. with COVID-19 Patients
Social distancing and sheltering in place does not apply in an emergency. People experiencing symptoms of an acute condition that requires immediate medical attention, need to seek it. Tragically, we have seen instances of patients delaying needed care for life threatening issues such as strokes and heart attacks for fear of COVID-19 contamination in the … Read More
Tents Dot Local Hospital Campuses in Preparation for Coronavirus Rush
Local hospitals are erecting tents to prepare for an expected surge in patients with the coronavirus that causes the respiratory disease COVID-19. At Fountain Valley Regional Hospital & Medical Center, staff members in a triage tent near the emergency room entrance are screening people for symptoms of COVID-19. The tent was built by a Torrance-based … Read More
How to Support Hoag's COVID-19 Efforts
Many in our donor family have reached out to ask how they can help support Hoag’s COVID-19 efforts. Hoag Hospital Foundation has created the Hoag COVID-19 Support Fund to assist Hoag in caring for our community members affected by the virus as well as the caregivers and staff working tirelessly to treat them. The COVID-19 … Read More
Hospitals Execs Prep For Coronavirus Surge
Orange County hospitals have bolstered medical staff and prepared safety zones for patients potentially infected with the coronavirus to receive care. While preparing for a surge in work, executives at the area’s top hospitals express confidence that they’re up to the challenge. “Our community is shaken,” Barry Arbuckle, chief executive of MemorialCare Health System, the … Read More
City of Irvine COVID-19 Press Conference – March 27, 2020
The City of Irvine held a press conference regarding the city’s COVID-19 response, which included comments from Dr. Philip Robinson about Hoag’s preparedness and important public health information, as well as comments from the Mayor and other local officials. Please click here to view the original City or Irvine COVID-19 Press Conference.
Coping with Uncertainty
Q: [All Ages] I’m super stressed out with everything that’s going on right now. How do I overcome this anxiety? A: To say these are unprecedented times is an understatement. Our parents did not talk to us about that time in their lives when the entire world was brought to its knees by a tiny … Read More
What Parents Should Know About COVID-19
It all starts with clean hands and cool heads. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Cough into a tissue that you immediately discard. Stay home. By now, we’ve all heard the advice from government and health officials regarding COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, but when it comes to safeguarding yourself and your children, … Read More
Newport Reacts to the Coronavirus
The ripple effect of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) is being felt in Newport Beach after the city declared a local emergency, the county prohibited gatherings, and the state announced a shelter-in-place directive. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is not permitting patient visits except in certain situations, the hospital announced Monday. One of the region’s most popular and … Read More
What if I Get Sick? Coronavirus Adds New Anxieties for Pregnant Women
I hate crying in public. But there I was — 17 weeks pregnant with my first child — with tears streaming down my face as I stood among a crowd of anxious shoppers in a Long Beach Target. I had tried to push down that all-too-familiar lump that rises in my throat before the tears … Read More
Medical Workers Fear for Their Safety and Everyone Else's in Coronavirus Outbreak
As anxiety over coronavirus rises, front-line medical workers fear for their own health and safety even as data suggests that hospitals — both locally and nationally — might not have enough beds to handle a surge in cases. Some health-care workers in close contact with COVID-19 patients complain that they still lack full-scale protective equipment … Read More