{"id":50818,"date":"2025-11-13T05:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T05:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/50818\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T05:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T05:48:13","slug":"kern-medical-unveils-new-pediatric-emergency-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/50818\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern Medical unveils new pediatric emergency department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Kern Medical has opened a new pediatric emergency department on the east side, providing a dedicated space for treating children experiencing medical emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>The department, located at the Kern Medical hospital on Mt. Vernon Avenue, features pediatric treatment rooms within a child-focused environment. &#8220;When we&#8217;re thinking of our pediatric patients, at times we don&#8217;t want them exposed to what one may see in the world. So having a clinical care area where one may not be exposed to big, big traumas,&#8221; said Scott Thygerson, CEO of Kern Medical.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a30ee9d5-7e96-4312-87ca-65734df59482-Sequence_MILLS_PEDIATRICER_0001_frame_57811.jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/92216ff0-52f9-4ad0-8141-e49e2074df7e-Sequence_MILLS_PEDIATRICER_0001_frame_55017.jpeg\"\/>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Each treatment room is equipped with cardiac monitoring and pediatric-sized medical equipment suitable for newborns, toddlers, school-aged children, and teens. The department is still undergoing inspections, but hopes to open fully soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Kern Medical has opened a new pediatric emergency department on the east side, providing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-50818","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\/50818","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=50818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}