Sonora, CA…The PG&E public safety power shutoff has now reached Tuolumne County and Adventist Health Sonora facilities equipped with generators are running on back-up power. Services that will continue to provide care throughout the outage include: Emergency Department, Med/Surg, Birth Center, ICU, Surgery for emergency cases, Long Term Care, Home Health, Hospice, Sonora Oxygen Supply.

For clients of Sonora Oxygen, they will be open until 6 p.m. to fill oxygen tanks. They will also be on call throughout the night. They will open at 9 a.m. on Oct. 10. It is suggested for people dependent on BiPAP or CPAP to find alternate places to stay where the equipment can be plugged in to power.

The hospital is open and we are able to care for inpatients and those needing urgent or emergency care. Our resources are dedicated to patient care so we are unable to provide batteries or charging stations. PG&E is providing a charging station at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds that you can use for small electronic devices and medical equipment. The charging station is available from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

Surgery and GI procedures for Oct. 10 will be canceled and most offsite services will be closed including the Health Pavilion, physician offices, rapid cares and other outpatient services such as Diagnostic Imaging and rehabilitation. Adventist Health Sonora staff will reach out to patients to reschedule appointments, tests and procedures as soon as possible following the outage.

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About Adventist Health Sonora
Adventist Health Sonora is a not-for-profit 152-bed health care facility including 72 acute beds, 12 swing beds, 68 skilled nursing beds and a large network of clinics, owned and operated by Adventist Health in Roseville, California. In addition to emergency and acute care services, other Adventist Health Sonora services include advanced cardiac care, cancer center, diagnostic imaging, home health, hospice, intensive care, obstetrics, rural health, surgical services, wellness center, wound care and hyperbaric oxygen, and over 20 primary care, urgent care and specialty clinics. The Medical Center provided care for 159,498 outpatient visits, 89,983 diagnostic imaging tests, 29,107 home care visits, 31,150 emergency department visits, and 4,421 hospital discharges in 2017. Staffed by over 180 physicians, 1,490 employees, and 120 volunteers, Adventist Health Sonora is the largest private employer in Tuolumne County. For more information about the Medical Center visit www.adventisthealthsonora.org.

About Adventist Health
Adventist Health Sonora is part of Adventist Health, a faith-based, nonprofit integrated health system serving more than 80 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii. Founded on Seventh-day Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in hospitals, clinics, home care agencies, hospice agencies and joint-venture retirement centers in both rural and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of 35,000 includes associates, medical staff physicians, allied health professionals and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living God’s love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope. Together, we are transforming the American healthcare experience with an innovative, yet timeless, whole-person focus on physical, mental, spiritual and social healing.