Every now and then, something comes along that can really catch me by surprise in a positive way.  You know the type of thing, where you are already expecting something positive, but you really under-estimated just how good it could be.  That happened earlier this week, when Community Regional’s Green Team unveiled its Urban Garden.

It wasn’t the first time we had this type of meeting – more than 150 patients were in the Emergency Department, over 35 of them already with admission orders, just waiting. PACU was getting full and all operating rooms were in full swing, and not many of those were outpatients. Where were they going to go if we didn’t have inpatient beds? Transfer Center has been asked to stop accepting transfers even though as the Regional Medical Center, we really are the best choice for the Valley’s residents when they need a higher level of care. Staff everywh