MADERA - Madera Community Hospital has been granted a flex waiver from the California Department of Public Health to close Emergency Services beginning 00:01 am June 9, 2021 –10:00 am, June 10, 2021.
The closure will accommodate the removal and replacement of the air handler serving the Emergency Department(ED). The first eight to twelve hours of the department's closure will be focused on the care of existing ED Patients.
The new air handler unit installation will be accomplished while maintaining an active electronic control panel, "Hot Change Out." The change-out is expected to take two hours, followed by twelve hours of electrical, plumbing, and control balancing.
During the closure, all emergency department signage on or around the hospital will be covered. Anyone seeking care will be directed to emergency departments at other nearby (Fresno or Merced) hospitals. Pistoresi Ambulance will be on hand at the hospital to assist in relocating critical patients to other facilities. MCH Emergency Department personnel will be on hand during the closure just in case a situation does arise during this time.
Madera Community Hospital received their request for the program flexibility of Title 22 CCR T22 DIV5 CH1 ART6-7041, T22 DIUV5 CH1 ART6-70413(a), T22 DIV5 CH1 ART6-70415(a), T22 DIV5 CH1 ART6-70419(a) with the following conditions:
1.Notify hospitals and EMS in surrounding counties before closure
2.All signage indicating the availability of emergency services, physician on duty need to be covered during the closure.
3.The emergency department maintains a complete compliment of both staff and physicians physically at the hospital during the closure to treat anyone who comes to the hospitaller's contingency plan.
Rapidcare, a walk-in clinic located on the Madera Community Hospital Campus, adjacent to the Emergency Department, is open 8:00 am to 11:00 pm on June 9, 2021, to care for patients with non-emergent health concerns.
More information about the temporary closure contingency care plan, along with maps to alternative emergency departments, are found at MaderaHospital.org.
