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Chinese Hospital outlines plan to rebuild campus, expand services including skilled‑nursing beds

San Francisco Planning Commission · May 19, 2011
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Chinese Hospital presented a draft Institutional Master Plan to the Planning Commission proposing a seven‑story replacement facility that adds 22 skilled‑nursing beds, updated imaging including MRI, private rooms and expanded outpatient capacity; community leaders and doctors urged speedy approval while staff treated the item as informational.

The San Francisco Planning Department and community leaders voiced broad support Thursday for Chinese Hospital’s plan to replace its Jackson Street campus with a larger, modern facility intended to expand services for Chinatown’s largely senior, monolingual population.

Rick Crawford of the Planning Department described the draft institutional master plan as a comprehensive rebuild: a seven‑story hospital with one below‑grade floor, new administration space, expanded radiology including an MRI, single‑patient rooms replacing multi‑patient wards, and 22 new skilled‑nursing beds. The department recommended the commission accept the…

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