By Dennis L. Taylor, The Salinas Californian SALINAS, CA – July 28, 2014 – Overwhelmingly, the dozen or so speakers addressing the board voiced support for O’Keefe as the interim CEO. “Kelly O’Keefe is well prepared and

By Jim Johnson, The Monterey County Herald SALINAS, CA – July 24, 2014 – Natividad Medical Center CEO Harry Weis is abruptly leaving his post after spending eight years spearheading a financial turnaround at the Monterey County-owned

Joe Truskot, The Salinas Californian  |  June 11, 2014 Marcie and Alex Di Stante greet friends at Nicklaus Golf Monterey, formerly Pasadera Country Club, where Di Stante was being honored as Monterey County’s Physician of the Year. (Photo: Joe Truskot/Off

by KRISTA ALMANZAN Immigrants from Mexico don’t always speak Spanish. Instead they speak indigenous languages. That’s created huge communications problems, but a hospital in Salinas has found a solution. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Salinas, California is

April 1, 2014 At Natividad Medical Foundation’s Annual Meeting Celebration, The Agricultural Leadership Council presented the foundation with a $350,000 check, bringing TALC’s total contributions to date to $1,172,550. “TALC is proud to

KAZU – March 27, 2014 By KRISTA ALMANZAN Natividad Medical Center in Salinas is seeing a growing number of patients who only speak indigenous languages from Mexico and Central America. The hospital’s solution is an indigenous interpreting program

by Rand Green | March 11, 2014 At its annual meeting in Salinas, CA, March 6, Navidad Medical Foundation honored Watsonville, CA-based Driscoll Strawberry Associates and the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, J. Miles Reiter,

 March 7, 2014 By Mike Hornick SALINAS, Calif. — Natividad Medical Foundation honored Driscoll’s chairman and chief executive officer Miles Reiter with its Hero Award for his company’s support of language interpretation and related

March 7, 2014 By Dennis L. Taylor Imagine traveling in Oaxaca and suddenly you are gripped by chest pains and gasping for air. A friend drives you to an emergency room where a doctor speaks a tongue not even your Spanish-speaking friend understands. Fear and

Natividad hospital program connects with Salinas’ indigenous community By CLAUDIA MELÉNDEZ SALINAS Herald Staff Writer It began about five years ago, when Angélica Isidro of Greenfield was asked by neighbors to translate medical