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Bakersfield Hospital Welcomes Patients From Ventura Facility Destroyed By Blaze

The fire that flared up overnight in Ventura County has scorched 50,000 acres so far and burned at least 150 structures. Among those destroyed were buildings at a psychiatric hospital, which is now sending some of its patients to the San Joaquin Valley. Photos from the Thomas Fire on Tuesday showed buildings burned to the ground on the campus of Vista Del Mar Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, an 87-bed facility in Ventura for patients with acute psychiatric needs. Patients there had already been evacuated, and now many are being transported to Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, a sister facility operated by the same company. The Bakersfield hospital has 90 beds. Spokesman Monquiz Wedlow wouldn’t confirm how many patients are coming his way, but he says they have space and are ready to take on as many as necessary. “During this time, we’re going to do everything we can humanly do,” he says. “If that means working extra hours or if that means calling in extra staff to be able to
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