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Article: Doctors disagree over ways to keep San Leandro Hospital open
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- November 20, 2008
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SAN LEANDRO -- Every family has its differences of opinion, and
the professionals who govern and work at San Leandro Hospital sure
disagreed Wednesday over whether the 122-bed hospital can remain
open.
Doctors argued, politely, over whether small community hospitals -
- such as San Leandro Hospital, owned by the Eden Township
Healthcare District -- can compete with Sutter Health and Kaiser
Permanente, two of California's giant health care empires.
An Oakland financial consultant told 60 people at a meeting of
district directors that San Leandro Hospital's income has lagged
behind expenses for years.
Sutter, which owns Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, has run
and underwritten San ...