Our Camarena Health dental professionals provide high-quality dental care. Dr. Ravi Patel, DDS, provides excellent dental treatment to patients at our multi-facility health center in Chowchilla. This is his story of how he and his staff handled the 2020 pandemic:
I could not think of a worse time in my career than the COVID-19 Pandemic when it came to dental emergencies. This was a one-of-a-kind moment in time. I did not stop delivering services at any moment. When the state gave stay-at-home orders and many businesses had to close, I worked relentlessly with the Camarena Health staff to fulfill the ever-increasing demand for dental services.
I was constantly engaged in treating true dental emergency cases where patients were walking in with severe pain or swelling on their face, among which most of them needed to be treated immediately to prevent life-threatening conditions and to minimize the need to be sent to the hospital and take up ER beds which were in short supply and desperately needed for COVID-19 patients. I remember how thankful our patients were when I was able to relieve their pain by delivering treatments the same day since many other clinics were closed or offering a limited number of services.
During this time, I realized how important it was for us as an organization to be at the forefront in delivering services while there were only limited facilities open. Patients were afraid to leave their homes and many essential resources were limited. This time has taught all of us to help each other, be patients and supportive of one another, and how we can overcome such difficult times by working together.
Camarena Health aims to provide a high standard of care and a place where our patients feel safe and comfortable. We couldn’t be more proud of our staff at Camarena Health, and if you want to read more stories like this, check out our latest Annual Report.
