Category: CHOC

Orange County Supervisors Extend RSV Health Emergency

December 1, 2022
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Nov. 29 to extend the county’s local health emergency for the respiratory virus known as RSV for another 30 days. The emergency allows the county to access federal and state resources for assistance and seek mutual aid from neighboring counties. The decision came after spokespersons for…

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Company Donates E-bikes and Scooters to Families with Autistic Children

June 4, 2021
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Families with autistic children received free electric bicycles (e-bikes) and scooters June 4 at the Children’s Health Orange County (CHOC) Thompson Autism Center. Aventon, a Southern California-based e-bike company, donated five e-bikes, eight scooters, and $40,000 to CHOC’s autism center. “We believe in this cause, in the program, and what they’re doing here for children with autism,”  Aventon spokesperson Adele Nasr told The Epoch Times….

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Orange County Children’s Hospital Has Treated Hundreds of Patients for COVID

January 26, 2021
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Nearly 400 patients have required hospitalization at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) for the COVID-19 virus since last March, The Epoch Times has learned. In all, CHOC has seen 4,071 positive COVID-19 virus cases since the pandemic began, including 61 patients who required intensive care unit (ICU) treatment. There have been 35 confirmed…

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