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Health Care Network On Central, South Coasts Creates New COVID-19 Hotline For Public

A health care network with five hospitals on the Central and South Coasts has launched a new COVID-19 community hotline. Dignity Health will have nurses staffing the hotline seven days a week. It will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekday, and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekends. After hours, people can leave a message and a nurse will return the call. The hotline is free, and open to everyone.

The number is (805) 332-8276. Dignity Health operates St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo, Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, Arroyo Grande Community Hospital in Arroyo Grande, and French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.