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Joint Planning and Public Health commissions hear wide-ranging debate over CPMC master plan and hospital rebuilds
Summary
At a joint informational hearing on Sept. 17, 2009, city health officials, CPMC leaders and dozens of residents and health workers debated the California Pacific Medical Center Institutional Master Plan, focusing on seismic-driven rebuilds, St. Luke’s continuity, psychiatric and skilled-nursing bed losses, charity care and neighborhood impacts. The hearing was informational; no votes were taken.
A joint informational hearing of the San Francisco Planning Commission and the San Francisco Public Health Commission on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, drew city officials, hospital leaders, nurses, neighborhood groups and union representatives to discuss the California Pacific Medical Center’s Institutional Master Plan and a health-planner review led by the Lewin Group.
Dr. Mitch Katz, director of the Department of Public Health, framed the urgency around California’s seismic law and the city’s capacity needs: “So that would mean the Pacific Campus, the children's campus, and the St. Luke's campus would all close. And were they to close, the city would lose a third of its inpatient hospital beds,” he said, stressing the potential loss of emergency capacity and inpatient services if CPMC campuses are not rebuilt by the statutory deadlines.
CPMC officials, led by Judy Lee, described the IMP as a systemwide strategy to deliver evidence-based, integrated care. Lee said the plan pairs new acute-care facilities with ambulatory and primary-care investments and emphasized disaster…
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