{"id":295327,"date":"2026-05-01T18:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/295327\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:47:07","slug":"groups-rally-to-save-grossman-burn-center-at-memorial-hospital-expected-to-close-june-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/295327\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups rally to save Grossman Burn Center at Memorial Hospital; expected to close June 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 California Nurses Association\/National Nurses United (CNA\/NNU) registered nurses, community members, labor advocates, and supporters held a press conference Friday morning opposing the plans to close the Grossman Burn Center.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Bakersfield Memorial Hospital to close Grossman Burn Center unit June 30, Dignity says<\/a><\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Dignity Health said that it had decided not to renew the contract with the Grossman Burn Center<\/a> and that the change will be effective June 30, 2026.<\/p>\n

At the press conference, nurses and supporters were urging hospital leadership to preserve the specialized care for the Central Valley and surrounding communities.<\/p>\n

\"California<\/p>\n

California Nurses Association\/National Nurses United (CNA\/NNU) registered nurses, community members, labor advocates, and supporters held a press conference Friday morning opposing the plans to close the Grossman Burn Center. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

The center at Dignity Health Memorial Hospital has a 7-bed inpatient burn unit, catastrophic burn care, pediatric intensive care burn services, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and an outpatient clinic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 California Nurses Association\/National Nurses United (CNA\/NNU) registered nurses, community members, labor advocates, and supporters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-295327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}