Long Time KVHD Radiologist retires, (but then so did Bret Favre)

A digital scan of the retirement party


Dr. Fraser, pictured here dressed to the nines, smiles as she arrives at her retirement dinner last Saturday night at the Kern Valley Healthcare District hospital.

A party was thrown last Saturday night to celebrate the years of service Dr. Eleanor Fraser devoted to the Kern Valley Hospital and members of the community.

Fraser has read many a x-ray, CT scan, ultra sound, during her years with the district.

Even health problems didn't keep the dedicated professional from taking night calls and reading the test results for those sometimes in emergency situations.

Now the hospital has stepped into the 21st century, utilizing, radiologists in Bakersfield to read the digital graphs over a system recently put into place which allows the graphs to be sent via computer to an on call radiologist.

But her years with the district have made Fraser a well known name and face who will hopefully not be forgotten for her service to a rural community.

While accepting her numerous accolades, Fraser, who graduated from Stanford, gave the audience a treat by recounting numerous stories, which included surviving a plane crash.

Her rich history was well received by the audience and then Fraser told all that she would miss working them and taking care of the community. It was an end to an era as Fraser, who has spent considerable time with KVHD, was surrounded by the people she has worked with, friends, and even, Congressman Kevin McCarthy paid his respects to the dedicated radiologist.

Fraser showed she had a good sense of humor when she put the audience in stitches with a story about a GI exam which went very wrong and involved an exploding colostomy bag. "The best thing I was a doctor and didn't have to clean up the mess."

If you've been a resident of the community for any length of time and you've a broken bone or some other issue which brought you to the hospital, you've probably been helped, whether you or not, by Dr. Eleanor Fraser.

Thank you Dr. Fraser and we wish you the best...

KVHD presents: Flu shots for the communtiy/Ott countdown/YouTube/Bob Jamison gets "cracked" on his show this morning

Quick update: Word is that there will be a drive thru seasonal flu shot clinic on Nov. 4, from 9 am to 2 pm in the front parking lot of the Kern Valley Healthcare District hospital.

Costs are $10, but those with insurance need to check with their providers to see if there is any reimbursement available.

So, a little late but worth the wait. Hopefully the hospital will have obtained enough of the vaccine to catch the rest of us who have not had our shots.

Got a court date with a former CEO I just can't miss:

I won't be at the drive thru shot clinic, because November fourth is a big day in this valley not just for vaccines: it's the preliminary hearing date for the elder abuse case starring the leader Pam Ott.

It will be worth missing the flu clinic to have the camera in court to see exactly what the state of California is going to do. Will it be plea deals or is the Attorney General Jerry Brown serious about following through...we will see won't we.

Next week: the countdown begins, and you will finally get a look at our video from Ott's resignation in 2007. There are only four new videos up currently on our YouTube site, but I'm going this afternoon to try and get you thirty more.

After six months of neglect, our YouTube site is being watered and manicured.

Look for: "Knight Grilling some Ott" "SNF part 1" "SNF part 2" and "Short staffing" are up now.

I've cut the videos into smaller segments, under two minutes, for easier viewing.

http://www.youtube.com/user/OrderBipolarDisorder#p/u

Oh, the story is interesting, but you should follow up with the videos for a real feel for these people.

Quite unbelievable radio today on QAB:

Bob Jamison, KVHD board member, Pam Ott supporter, and radio talk show host, got his name a bit smeared this morning by a listener who didn't like his regular nonsense about medical marijuana.

Apparently, Jamison had a flyer he said was "found" in Bodfish canyon, which was an invitation for medical marijuana event.

As he went on making this some hot issue, the police were supposed to be interested in (it's medical marijuana, Bob, and its quite legal) he took a call from the community.

Now this is really funny and quite fitting, as Jamison uses this radio outlet to attack all who come against him or something lodged in his mind.

This is what happened: The caller came on and asked about the flyer, then told Mr. Jamison she was the one who organized this event.

Then, she said, Bob you drink, so what are you talking about? He began to answer, and the caller told him that she and her son lived in the valley for 20 years and that Jamison was known to drink and beat his wife.

Yeah, we're all agog about this. He finally got a taste of his own medicine on the air for all who listen, (a few left I guess), and it was fitting.

I make no claim to know Jamison's alcohol intake or how he treats his wife, that's their problem or her problem or whatever. Maybe the caller knew more than I did about them, but I don't need to attack him on that level, it's way too easy simply criticizing his lack of ability as a board member.

It's the fact that Jamison was attacking someone on the air about their medical marijuana event, party or whatever, thinking that he was safe and then the caller turned it right around on him.

Go get him Kern River Valley...Don't let him think that he can broadcast an attack on you and not expect some retaliation.

(I've been under attack by Jamison, and for some reason, he seems to think that this is okay, but what I'm doing here on the blog isn't. Hypocrites and cowards always can dish it out, but can never take it. But I would not have attacked him personally regarding his drinking or his wife. The caller did that.

So, you know, both Mr. and Mrs. Jamison felt they could freely defame me, and called me a drunk and other fun things, in front and to people who know me. I'm not a drunk, but he and Mrs. radio broadcast, felt no compunction about this kind of attack. Aside from all the other ones about how I was slanting stories about the problems in the skilled nursing facility at the hospital, yeah, right.

How does it feel this morning, Mr. Jamsion, to be called out on your own Show? Smile. I am.)

Mr. Jamison, from 2007, his famous attack pose, threatening lawsuits, physical violence, and calling Pam Ott leaving the district, "a tragedy."

Jamison at a recent KVHD board meeting in 2009, looking more subdued, but nonetheless, still dangerous as his attacks on people in the community via QAB media, make him quite the popular dinner guest about town.

UPDATE: Kern County Superior confirms information/pre-preliminary hearings

I spoke with the criminal division at the Kern County Superior court and verified that our initial interpretation and reports were correct as stated on the county's website.
Pharmacist, Debbi Hayes, has plead to one count of conspiracy (penal code 182 A 5) and the other ten charges regarding elder abuse were dismissed.
Though she was sentenced to one year, the sentence is suspended, but she will have three years probation.

Likely, and only supposition here, she will end up being a witness for the prosecution/state in the other criminal cases.

But with the investigation reopened in the case of the leadership, which included, former Kern Valley Healthcare District, CEO, Pam Ott, we may likely see other indictments in this case.

I want to tell the families of the residents from the skilled nursing facility that we have fought for almost 3 years now to get the truth out and bring justice.

We are teetering on the brink of truth as of today. We are looking at potential justice as of today. Something we all could not see through the smokescreen set up by leftover members of the board of administrators whom I have spoke about repeatedly on this blog.

I also want to tell the employees who were fired, defamed, blamed, that you have your chance to tell the story, so please do it.

Currently, the word is that there is a motion for an extension on the pre-pre, and preliminary hearings that were to take place tomorrow and Wednesday, Aug. 18/19.

The extension, of course, has to be approved tomorrow, but as of right now, there is an assumption that the dates will be changed.

In the meantime, we are waiting for word on any other indictments likely to come through.

I will update the blog regularly as information comes in.

Though I may be in Bakersfield at the court tomorrow, I will make sure that the news comes fast, so watch the blog.

(Now, I have to change out of my pajamas and leave the house to cover the story? Get me my stick and sunglasses, and of course a ride, and here we go looking for justice.)