The Central Valley suffers a shortage of all types of medical providers, especially surgeons, so its lucky for Porterville Dr. Pandya came home and became the second general surgeon, along with her father, at Freedom Medical Clinic. Dr. Pandya said that their patients can now have surgery at their clinic, Sierra View Hospital in Porterville, or at Community Regional in Fresno. An article in the Fresno Medical Review profiling newly graduated residents quoted Dr. Pandya as saying, “I realized that it was kind of hard for my dad to know what to do with a second surgeon.