Tenet Health Central Coast is offering a new phone service called Tele-ER. This service is for patients who may not be sure if they need the emergency room and provides them the ability to talk to a board-certified emergency room physician, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, according to a press release. To […]
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Student falls from second story of housing
A Cal Poly student fell from the second story of a housing building and is currently receiving treatment.
Student cuts hand on saw at CAED support shop
There is no update on the student’s condition as of now.
Two hospitalized after Higuera crash
A single-car collision at the intersection of Higuera Street and Madonna Road hospitalized two people Monday night, including a former chef at Vista Grande café. According to the San Luis Obispo Police department, the former Campus Dining employee Christian Green was riding in a car that crashed into a wall at the Pacific Coast Center at […]
Sierra Vista to take in trauma patients
Courtesy Photo Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center will soon be working as a certified trauma center, the first to ever operate in San Luis Obispo County. Hospital spokesperson Ron Yukelson said the designation is the conclusion of more than four years of preparation from the medical center. On Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo County Board […]
Motorcycle crash sends student to hospital
UPDATE: Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center spokesperson Ron Yukelson said Chan is listed Wednesday as being in serious but stable condition. This has changed since he was admitted Tuesday in critical condition. A Cal Poly student was found in critical condition Tuesday morning after he was thrown from his motorcycle while riding in San Luis […]
Halloween weekend sees lower crime than expected
In what police anticipated would be a busy Halloween weekend, Cal Poly and its surrounding neighborhoods produced relatively low crime rates, according to University Police Department (UPD). UPD chief Bill Watton said last weekend was slightly more active than most weekends this year, but was still less than the spike Halloween normally brings about in […]
French Hospital beats out Sierra Vista for athletics sponsorship
Cal Poly Athletics recently signed the largest corporate sponsorship in university history, but details regarding the switch from Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center to French Hospital remain unclear. Ron Yukelson, Sierra Vista spokesperson, said it received the same $800,000 proposal that Cal Poly signed with French Hospital, but it was never given the opportunity to […]
Student still in hospital after being hit by truck
Kelli Hoffert, a psychology junior who was struck by a gray Chevrolet truck on campus around 11 a.m. Tuesday, is now at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center recovering from a skull fracture.