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		<title>Catalina Island Health chief operating officer updates council on hospital</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina Island Health’s chief operating officer had good news for the Avalon City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Tim Kielpinski said CIH had received its first Measure B payment in April and will receive another installment in January 2026. He said in July the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved two more $3-million awards [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catalinaville fundraiser sets new record</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina Island Health Foundation broke a fundraising record for the island during its annual Catalinaville event over the weekend. From all accounts, the Foundation is the first nonprofit on Catalina Island to exceed the $1 million threshold in a single fundraising event! Each year, Catalinaville welcomes hundreds of supporters for a Margaritaville-inspired event to raise [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Supervisor Hahn Secures funding for Catalina’s only hospital</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catalina Island Health]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On April 8, a motion to approve the funding was brought forth by LA County Board of Supervisor Janice Hahn, who represents Catalina Island as part of the Fourth District. The funds will help to stave off the closure of CIH while it works with the county and other government agencies on a long-term and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hospital project updates from Catalina Island Health</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catalina Island Health]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The staff and board of Catalina Island Health are focused on the health and wellbeing of this island community in the face of numerous challenges. It is the only critical access hospital in Los Angeles County. Of all the critical access hospitals in the entire state, CIH is one of 15 that does not qualify [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City manager confident hospital will stay open</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 19:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Charles M. Kelly City Manager David Maistros expressed confidence that Avalon’s current hospital (known as Catalina Island Health) would stay open during his report to the City Council on Tuesday, March 19. In early January, Catalina Island Health CEO Jason Paret told the council that the hospital was in bad financial shape and speculated [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Community reacts to Jan. 9 council meeting</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At the Jan. 16 meeting, many members of the public, including local hospital staff and officials, criticized the Avalon City Council for the way they treated Catalina Island Health’s CEO at a previous council meeting. Earlier this month, CEO Jason Paret told the council that the hospital was in bad financial shape and speculated that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hospital officials, public react to council comments about Catalina Island Health CEO</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First of two parts. On Jan. 9, Catalina Island Health CEO Jason Paret warned the City Council that the Island’s only hospital was in financial trouble. Due to the length of comments, this is the first of a two-part article on what was said during the meeting. During the public comment part of the Jan. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Letters to the Editor: published Jan. 19, 2024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catalina Islander Readers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Avalon City Council: At the special meeting regarding the hospital, the CEO made an extensive presentation as to why our hospital is always in a precarious position financially. Look around-half the restaurants and activities are closed for the winter. They send all their workers home and turn off the lights to save money because [&#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>CIMC announces affiliation with UCI Health</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David N. Young]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2023 00:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Could be a healthcare gamechanger, CEO says The CEO of the Catalina Island Medical Center this week announced a “clinical affiliation” with the University of California Irvine Medical Center (UCI Health) that could lead to a healthcare breakthrough for the island. “This could be a game changer for health care on the island,” said Jason [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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