{"id":51138,"date":"2024-05-24T12:12:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/state-ag-asked-to-intervene-in-east-san-jose-trauma-center-closure\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T12:12:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:12:13","slug":"state-ag-asked-to-intervene-in-east-san-jose-trauma-center-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/state-ag-asked-to-intervene-in-east-san-jose-trauma-center-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"State AG asked to intervene in East San Jose trauma center closure"},"content":{"rendered":"
Vulnerable patients and community health advocates are calling on California\u2019s top cop to stop a private health corporation from cutting one of Santa Clara County\u2019s only trauma centers. The financially-driven closure of Regional Medical Center\u2019s life-saving services in East San Jose is discriminatory, argues a\u00a0letter sent Thursday to Attorney General Rob Bonta, since it mostly endangers poor people of color who would either have to wait to be transferred elsewhere or drive half an hour to the next closest trauma unit. Regional, owned by HCA Healthcare, also plans to close its heart attack center and reduce stroke care. The stroke…\u00a0<\/p>\n