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		<title>Hospital requests $2.8 mil from city</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina Island Health recently asked the City Council to approve a non-binding letter of interest for a potential $2.8 million advance from the Avalon General Fund. The council considered the and unanimously approved the on March 18. The money would go into a state program that would receive matching federal funds that would go back [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>No Surprises Act and the cost of emergency airlifts</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catalina Island Health]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 20:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina Island residents, boaters, and even regular visitors may be familiar with air medical memberships. This membership coverage could be used in the unfortunate situation that Catalina Island Health was unable to provide the proper care for a patient and an air ambulance was required. Air medical services, like Mercy Air, would be called to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Letter to the Editor: Published March 1, 2024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catalina Islander Readers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 20:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Hall Family would like to acknowledge and thank the Catalina Island Medical Center for the excellent and compassionate care they provided for our beloved brother, Tom. They went above and beyond to make certain that he felt comfortable and loved while tending to his daily medical needs. Tom resided in the Resident Living Wing [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon hospital in financial trouble</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 18:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A slide depicting a forecast of days with “cash on hand” showed the local hospital’s cash decreasing until June. Jason Paret, CEO of Catalina Island Health, told the Avalon City Council on Tuesday, Jan. 9, that he might be able to hang on until June. Paret said he was not asking the city for money. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Supporters say if Measure H fails, hospital closes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 19:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Proposed transit tax/wharfage fee has 40-year sunset clause BY CHARLES M. KELLY Participants in a recent virtual town hall emphasized the importance of building a new hospital and argued that a November ballot measure to fund the project includes a sunset clause. The lack of a sunset clause was seen as a factor in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catalina Island Medical Center Fights to Confront COVID-19 Pandemic</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy Catalina Island Medical Center]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 22:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina Island Medical Center Fights to Confront COVID-19 Pandemic Editor&#8217;s note: As of Friday, April 3, the Catalina Island Medical Center reports one confirmed case of COVID-19 on Catalina. See the related story on this website or visit the Medical Center website for more details. During this time of uncertainty and concern, xwe at Catalina [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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