BELEAGUERED HOSPITAL SHAKES UP LEADERSHIP.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer VALENCIA - Santa Clarita's only hospital, struggling through bankruptcy bankruptcy, in law, settlement of the liabilities of a person or organization wholly or partially unable to meet financial obligations. The purposes are to distribute, through a court-appointed receiver, the bankrupt's assets equitably among creditors and, in most reorganization, has appointed a new board chairman and two new board members to help set policy. Stuart R. Mork, senior vice president and chief financial officer of The Newhall Land and Faming Company, was named chairman of the board that governs Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Judy Fish, superintendent of the Saugus Union School District The Saugus Union School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves the Saugus, Valencia, and Canyon Country communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California. As of March 25,2006, it has 15 elementary schools. , and Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs M. Pilgrim, vice president and chief financial officer of UltraViolet An invisible band of radiation at the upper end of the visible light spectrum. With wavelengths from 10 to 400 nm, ultraviolet starts at the end of visible light and ends at the beginning of X-rays. The primary source of ultraviolet light is the sun. Devices in Valencia, are new to the board. They replace Jim Saur, who resigned, and Gerald Walton, who was not reappointed. Also, Roberta Veloz, chairwoman and chief executive officer of Aquafine Corp. in Valencia., has been appointed to represent the hospital's foundation on the board. While the hospital is a private entity, its purpose is public, officials said. The board is filled with local business and civic leaders with an interest in serving the public. ``These people are volunteers and it isn't an easy job,'' said Roger Seaver, the Valencia hospital's president and chief executive officer. ``We're in Chapter 11. With that on top of all the other complexities of running a hospital, it is an extraordinary undertaking for volunteers to take on the responsibility to do the right thing for the community.'' Newhall Memorial declared bankruptcy in November, unable to dig itself out of the debts that mounted after the Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. forced repairs that included costly state-mandated retrofitting. In addition to the struggles in the past year in reorganizing, replacing top administrators - including Seaver's predecessor - and overseeing union conflicts, the board continues its key role, ensuring health care for the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. , Seaver said. ``Governance Governance makes decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists either of a separate process or of a specific part of management or leadership processes. Sometimes people set up a government to administer these processes and systems. plays a major role in keeping the focus of the health care services we provide directly on the needs of this growing community,'' Seaver said. ``The board is involved in all major aspects of the hospital's operations.'' |
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