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Article: Rejection urged for San Leandro Hospital plan
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- June 16, 2009
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SAN LEANDRO -- San Leandro Hospital's prospects for remaining
open indefinitely didn't improve this week, but 500 hospital
advocates -- equal to a week's worth of patients seen in the
hospital's emergency room -- were reassured Monday night that higher-
ups are paying attention to their concerns.
The meeting came just hours after the disclosure that Sutter
Health will continue to operate the hospital only until Sept. 30 and
sign over its purchase option for the hospital to Alameda County.
The county would close the hospital's medical, surgical and
emergency room services to make way for rehabilitation and urgent-
care centers operated by the county's medical center. The Eden
Township ...