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00:04 hi I'm Tina Minh and I'm the chief
00:07 communications and development officer
00:09 for Catalina Island Health my
00:11 role is to help inform and educate the
00:13 community about healthcare for Catalina
00:15 Island and the medical center's critical
00:17 role in caring for the island and
00:19 develop and nurture a healthy and
00:22 engaged and dynamic relationship between
00:24 the Medical Center and the community it
00:25 serves really to go out there and share
00:27 about the extraordinary care we are
00:29 providing to patients and most
00:31 importantly make sure that we as the
00:32 health care providers are adequately
00:34 communicating information timely to
00:37 protect public health and safety of our
00:39 community and Island and that is
00:41 especially important during this
00:43 extraordinary time of the
00:44 Covid-19 pandemic my journey with the
00:47 Medical Center began in August of 2019
00:50 which was shortly after the Catalina
00:52 Island company announced that they were
00:55 donating the land to the Medical Center
00:57 for which we would be building a new
01:00 hospital and it's a wonderful gesture of
01:01 support for our aspirations to build
01:03 this new hospital for Catalina Island as
01:05 you may know our current facility does
01:07 not satisfy the earthquake safety
01:10 requirements and unfortunately cannot be
01:12 retrofitted to meet the seismic
01:14 standards mandated by the California
01:16 Hospital Association and after
01:18 evaluating all the possible options and
01:20 knowing that there was a deadline that
01:21 needed to be met CIMC decided that the
01:24 only way to ensure and preserve access
01:26 to patient care and critical care for
01:28 Catalina Island residents and visitors
01:30 is to build a brand new hospital I hope
01:33 to support the Medical Center and
01:35 Catalina Island by strengthening and
01:37 continuing to build our community
01:40 engagement and philanthropic efforts in
01:43 order to support the building of a new
01:44 hospital for the island of course with
01:47 kovat 19 things have changed very
01:49 rapidly and we're now facing a very
01:51 different challenge and while our
01:53 aspirations for a new hospital remains
01:56 our long-term goal CIMC's short-term
01:58 focus has shifted to help protect the
02:00 public health and safety of the island
02:02 and through the crisis we as a team will
02:04 continue to work tirelessly to keep the
02:06 community informed and provide critical
02:08 care and we have moved swiftly to
02:10 prepare our facility and staff and have
02:12 proved
02:12 our selves to be an effective
02:14 organization capable of handling Covid-19
02:16 cases while also providing regular
02:18 great patient care and keep the public
02:21 informed and educated we strengthen our
02:23 virtual medicine and telehealth services
02:26 so that patients can still access
02:28 quality care and stay healthy while we
02:30 abide by the stay at home safety orders
02:32 and most importantly we make sure that
02:34 timely information and education around
02:36 the current health care crisis is
02:38 accessible and our providers have taken
02:40 extra steps to develop custom tailored
02:43 content that focus on the particular
02:45 needs of our island community and so I'm
02:47 very proud of what we've been able to
02:49 accomplish so far in such a short amount
02:50 of time and we will continue to
02:52 proactively engage for the good of our
02:54 community I've only been a part of the
02:57 team for a short time but it's already
03:00 very clear to me that we have an
03:02 exceptional group of providers and staff
03:03 caring for the community here at CIMC
03:06 everyone collectively owns the
03:08 responsibility of caring for the public
03:10 health and safety of Catalina Island and
03:12 it's why we wake up and do what we do
03:14 every day and what I've learned about
03:15 Catalina Island through this experience
03:17 is that the island is a unique kind of
03:19 intimate and tight-knit community
03:21 there's an extraordinary amount of love
03:23 and passion for the island whether it's
03:26 a resident or a visitor when I speak to
03:28 people about Catalina they don't just
03:30 like it they love it and that strong
03:33 emotional engagement gives a lot of hope
03:35 and confidence for the future and what
03:37 we are trying to accomplish at the
03:38 Medical Center is with great hope and
03:40 promise that through a true partnership
03:42 with a community and it's love and
03:44 passion for Catalina Island we can
03:46 realize the dream of a new hospital and
03:49 preserve access to quality health care
03:51 on the island people deserve to have
03:53 access to quality care in a safe
03:55 environment a hospital is the home for
03:57 people to care for other people and so
04:00 for me I zero in on this area of
04:02 friction for hospitals and the tough
04:04 position they are constantly sandwiched
04:06 in making sure they provide safe quality
04:08 care to people they hire the right
04:10 talent to do it amidst all the political
04:12 and economic pressures they face but we
04:14 do need support in order to do that what
04:16 to do what we do almost all hospitals
04:19 need the support of their community in
04:20 today's health care environment and for
04:22 a rural critical care access
04:24 hospital like CIMC we need your help and
04:27 we also want it because we want to care
04:29 for you and the way you want to be cared
04:31 for and that can only happen through a
04:33 deep engaged dialogue with you the truth
04:35 is we can't care for you without you
04:38 philanthropy is a powerful tool to help
04:41 alleviate some of the pressures we as a
04:43 hospital face and every act of kindness
04:45 is important whether you decide to
04:47 volunteer advocate lead or donate
04:50 there's no act to great or too small
04:52 because every little bit counts this
04:54 gesture of kindness symbolizes your
04:56 desire to fight for your own health the
04:58 right for you and your loved ones to
05:00 have access to great care and it is also
05:01 a beautiful expression of support that
05:03 your community deserves it too and this
05:05 phenomenal gesture of support can come
05:07 in a form of advocacy of volunteerism
05:09 and philanthropy the hospitals are an
05:12 entity that exists for one reason only
05:14 and is to care for people and save lives
05:16 so for me being a part of this
05:17 relationship building process and
05:19 inspiring support for health care is
05:21 really fulfilling because I also know
05:23 that community is powerful in numbers by
05:26 working together for this common cause
05:28 our lives will be better we will
05:30 overcome
05:30 we will prosper and we will thrive it is
05:34 this most beautiful expression of
05:35 community and that we are collectively
05:37 working together to support each other
05:39 because together we can do this and this
05:43 is the spirit I hope continues far
05:45 beyond covet 19 because if we're able to
05:47 survive this crisis and move forward if
05:49 CIMC is to continue being the
05:51 healthcare provider for Catalina Island
05:53 we were only able to do that with the
05:55 community and with your support so I
05:57 hope you'll join us fight for your
06:00 health
06:00 fight for the island volunteer advocate
06:04 lead or donate champion for CIMC
06:11 you
Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, CIMC and CIMCF have been working on creating funding support to build a new hospital on land that was gifted for the purpose by the Catalina Island Company in June, 2019. This new hospital would ensure quality healthcare access on the island, and meet the rapidly developing needs of its residents and patients. The decision to build a new hospital was born out of compliance with the California Hospital Association Seismic Safety mandate, whereby all California hospitals must operate from facilities that are deemed earthquake-safe by 2030, or be ordered to close. Serving in her role as Chief Communications and Development Officer, Ms. Minh will drive the medical center’s communications and marketing strategies, and lead the Foundation’s community engagement and philanthropic efforts to support quality healthcare on Catalina Island.