Every day, California's public hospitals provide high quality health care to thousands of patients – care that keeps patients healthy, makes them healthier, or actually saves their lives. If you have not spent much time in a public hospital or clinic, you may not be aware of the exceptional and at times miraculous work that our providers perform day in and day out.
With the following stories, we hope to take you inside the walls of our hospitals and clinics so that you might see how our doctors, nurses and other health care professionals are, in fact, doing a world of good in their community. If you have been cared for at one of California's public hospital systems and would like to share your story, please click here.
- Tom, trauma patient: Tom was almost killed when his fire truck was hit by a speeding bus going 80 miles an hour . . .
- Michael, burn victim: Michael was caught in a fire that left him with 2nd and 3rd degree burns on almost 40 percent of his body . . .
- Marina, breast cancer patient: When Marina sought help for a heart condition, they discovered a lump in her breast . . .
- Grady, diabetes patient: Grady first learned he was diabetic after his vision became blurry . . .
- Dr. Berenice Pérez, emergency physician: For many of her patients, Dr. Pérez is literally a lifesaver . . .
- Baby Jacob: Little Jacob weighed only 14 ounces when he was born three months premature . . .
- Gilbert Salinas, accident victim: Gilbert's life was saved at one public hospital, and rebuilt at another . . .
- Bryony, leukemia patient: Bryony was 18-years-old when she started feeling a little tired . . .