As many other hospitals across California are expected to do this year, the Kaweah Delta Health Care District Board of Directors has approved a fiscal year 2023 operating budget that projects an operating loss for the coming fiscal year–the first time in Kaweah Health’s history. The new budget, which becomes effective July 1, projects an operating loss of $11.2 million for the fiscal year and it comes on the heels of a projected $17.9 million, COVID-driven operating loss for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2022.