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Article: Trustees fire CEO of health center Alameda County Medical Center has had eight chiefs in 10 years
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- September 19, 2003
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Kenneth Cohen, CEO of the troubled Alameda County Medical Center,
was fired Wednesday night by the medical center's Board of Trustees.
The trustees for the county-run hospitals and clinics said recent
actions by the county Board of Supervisors had "stripped" Cohen of
his ability to perform as CEO.
"The Board of Trustees and the county both have to support the CEO
for that person to be able to do the job effectively," said Robert
Phillips, the board's secretary-treasurer. "Hopefully we'll all learn
a lesson from this."
Cohen will continue on in his position for 60 days, Phillips said,
to aid in the search for and transition to a new CEO. Cohen will get