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Article: Alameda Count Medical Center faces serious financial problems
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- July 27, 2003
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Financial problems plaguing the Alameda
County Medical Center -- which includes High
land Hospital in Oakland -- are so vast that only
a large influx of cash will ensure its survival,
according to a new independent audit.
What's more, a plan to close outpatient clinics
and the trauma center at Highland to help offset a
$45.7 million deficit won't likely save the county
much money because it could drive the few
paying customers away and increase demand
among the very poor at the emergency room, the
audit found.
"I frankly hope there could someday be a
mechanism for an infusion of funds," said Kerry
Shannon, a health care consultant for PriceWater
houseCoopers who presented the ...
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