Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeal Of Ruling Forcing Hospitals To Perform Gender Transition Surgery
by Laurel Duggan The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case from a Catholic hospital challenging a ruling that forces it to sterilize patients through gender transition surgery. Evan Minton, a patient seeking uterus removal surgery as part of the gender transition process, will be allowed to go forward with suing the Mercy San Juan […]
St. John’s Regional Medical Center And St. John’s Hospital Camarillo Earn National Recognition For Efforts To Improve Stroke Treatment
OXNARD, CA – September 14, 2021 – Dignity Health—St. John’s Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) and St. John’s Hospital Camarillo (SJHC) have received the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award for their commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines. Stroke is the […]
Dignity Health’s St. John’s Regional Medical Center Completes Maternity Center Expansion Project
OXNARD, CA – July 27, 2021 – St. John’s Regional Medical Center, a member of Dignity Health, is pleased to announce the completion of its newly expanded Maternity Center, which includes a new conveniently located entrance for all maternity services. This milestone marks the completion of the hospital’s expansion and modernization project. The expanded Maternity […]
St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital Changes Name To St. John’s Hospital Camarillo
CAMARILLO, CA – July 6, 2021 – St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital, a member of Dignity Health, is pleased to announce that effective July 6, 2021, it will change its name to St. John’s Hospital Camarillo (SJPVH). A step that will better identify the hospital with the community it serves. “It is a privilege to serve […]
Dignity Health and Ventura County Public Health partner to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to Oxnard Farmworkers
Mobile vaccination clinic reaches more than 600 farmworkers on job site in Oxnard OXNARD, CA – March 5, 2021 – In a collaborative effort to provide the COVID-19 vaccination to Ventura County farmworkers, Dignity Health St. John’s Regional Medical Center, Dignity Health Medical Group, and Ventura County Public Health partnered to vaccinate more than 600 […]
Dignity Health St. John’s Regional Medical Center Cardiologist Successfully Performs 100th Watchman Implant Surgery
Heart surgeon provides advanced cardiac care to Ventura County patients OXNARD, CA – February 8, 2021 – St. John’s Regional Medical Center (SJRMC), a Dignity Health hospital, is pleased to announce that cardiologist Ali Sovari, MD, has successfully performed the 100th Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Implant surgeries. This innovative device is implanted using […]
Dignity Health: FREE Online Classes and Support Groups for the Month of February
Dignity Health The following online classes and support groups are FREE and open to the public: FEBRUARY ONLINE CLASSES AND SUPPORT GROUPS Presented by Dignity Health St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital and St. John’s Regional Medical Center Cooking Demonstration: Heart-Healthy Mediterranean Style Meal for Valentine’s Day (FREE Zoom Class) Saturday, February 13, 2021 | […]
Dignity Health St. John’s offers FREE Online Classes and Support Groups in January 2021
The following online classes and support groups are FREE and open to the public: JANUARY ONLINE CLASSES AND SUPPORT GROUPS Presented by Dignity Health St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital and St. John’s Regional Medical Center 1. What to Know About Stroke (FREE Zoom Class) Saturday, January 23, 2021, 11 a.m. to noon Presenters: Sr. Suzanne Soppe Class […]
Organizational Changes for Dignity Health Central Coast
CENTRAL COAST, CA – December 30, 2020 – After nearly 38 years of dedicated service, Chuck Cova’s tenure at Marian Regional Medical Center and as Dignity Health Central Coast Division President and CEO will come to an end. Under Chuck’s leadership, Dignity Health’s provision and access for health care services throughout the Central Coast was […]
Dignity Health St. John’s Regional Medical Center and St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital Frontline Health Care Staff among First to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
First doses of Pfizer vaccine released to local hospitals today OXNARD – December 18, 2020 – Health care workers at St. John’s Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) and St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital (SJPVH), members of Dignity Health Central Coast, are among the first to receive the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine. Over the next week, St. John’s […]
