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San Francisco health commission finds Saint Mary's cardiovascular closure detrimental to community health
Summary
The San Francisco Department of Public Health Commission voted Aug. 6 that Saint Mary's Medical Center's planned closure of its cardiovascular surgery program would be "detrimental" to community health, citing loss of local capacity and potential impacts on Chinatown patients; hospital leaders defended program quality but cited low volume.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health Commission voted on Aug. 6 that Saint Mary's Medical Center's planned closure of its cardiovascular surgery program would have a detrimental impact on health services in the community.
Lindsay, a senior health planner for the department, told the commission the hospital notified the department in April of the planned closure and supplied follow-up data showing that from 2011 to 2018 roughly 58 percent of Saint Mary's cardiac surgeries were nonelective (urgent or emergent). She said the hospital's 2018 figures suggest approximately eight cardiovascular…
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