RENOWN HEALTH COMMUNITY REPORT | 19
AWARD-WINNING
Trauma Center — Renown Regional Medical Center is the only certified Level II Trauma Center between Sacramento , CA , and Salt Lake City , UT . We receive and care for critically-injured patients from as close as our Reno-Tahoe backyard and as far away as Mammoth Lakes , CA , as well as distant areas across northern and central Nevada .
The open road . The growl of the engine . The feeling of freedom .
That ’ s what Oakland resident Tony Mowatt was enjoying as he drove up Highway 88 toward Reno for the semi-annual Street Vibrations event .
And then he hit a diesel truck .
Tony flew off his motorcycle and was thrown more than 100 yards before skidding onto the side of the road . He was severely injured and in the midst of rural Nevada , just outside Centerville , miles away from a hospital that could treat his injuries .
Tony was flown to Renown Regional Medical Center — the only trauma center equipped to treat his serious injuries — and admitted to the intensive care unit ( ICU ).
Tony ’ s girlfriend , Tasha Klubock , was notified by a friend of Tony ’ s that he had been taken to the hospital . She immediately drove from Oakland to Renown . Her first night there was overwhelming and frightening — no one knew if Tony would survive .
L-R : Tony Mowatt and Tasha Klubock