SAVE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | Asking for a $1,000 loan from skeptical parents is one thing, urging a struggling health care district to pony up $20 million to save a hospital’s emergency room is another. Sitting astride a lone office chair… Read More ›
Alameda County Medical Center
Community Leaders Say Gun Violence In The East Bay Is A Public Health Crisis
Asm. Rob Bonta at an Assembly hearingon gun violence May 17 in Oakland. ASSEMBLY//OAKLAND/GUNS | An Assembly hearing focusing on rising gun violence in the East Bay, instead evolved into a string of community and faith-based leaders clamoring for answers… Read More ›
DEAL TO SAVE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL IS ON THE TABLE
ILLUSTRATION/ Steven Tavares PHOTO/CNA SAN LEANDRO//HEALTH CARE | Sutter Health and the Alameda Health System are set to sign a letter of intent to begin negotiation terms of an agreement that will keep San Leandro Hospital open for, at least,… Read More ›
Health Care CEO Flirts With Another Job While Steering Defunct San Leandro Deal
ACMC CEO Wright Lassiter HEALTH CARE NOTES | Just as Alameda County Medical Center CEO Wright Lassiter was making the rounds in an attempt to cajole three local government bodies to subsidize his acquisition of San Leandro Hospital, he was… Read More ›
Inside The Collapse Of The Latest Proposal To Save San Leandro Hospital
HEALTH CARE | Even as the public was led to believe a three-pronged plan to keep San Leandro Hospital open as a acute care general facility with a 24-hour emergency room had great potential, letters between Sutter Health, the Alameda County Medical… Read More ›
Proposal To Save San Leandro Hospital Is Dead, Been Dead Since November
>>CHAN TO EXAMINE SUTTER’S SUBSIDY AT EDEN>>”Rehab Is Dead. ACMC Deal Is Dead.”HEALTH CARE | The potential deal to maintain current services at San Leandro Hospital for, at least, three years is no longer on the table, says Alameda County… Read More ›
Chan Threatens Healthcare District; Seeks More Money For San Leandro Hospital
Supervisor Wilma Chan in less cozy times with ACMC SAVE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | The Eden Township Healthcare District is steaming mad following a letter from Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan and San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy hinting at the possible… Read More ›
Eden Healthcare District Approves Short-Term Sudsidy For San Leandro Hospital
SAVE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | A commitment by the Eden Township Healthcare District to help subsidize the short-term operations of San Leandro Hospital was unanimously approved this week even as the facility’s future remains in serious doubt following the transfer… Read More ›
Alameda County Medical Center Proposes To Operate San Leandro Hospital For Two Years
SAVE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | Representatives from the Alameda County Medical Center will present a proposal Wednesday night to take over operations of San Leandro Hospital for, at least, the next two years. ACMC will unveil the plan at the… Read More ›
All Quiet On The San Leandro Hospital Front; So They Say
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITALApril 23 2012 | Members of the Eden Township Healthcare District say a letter offering title to San Leandro Hospital to Sutter Health is in the mail. Carole Rogers, the chair of the Eden Township Healthcare District, told… Read More ›
Sutter Health Mum About Plans For San Leandro Hospital After High Court’s Decision
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITALApril 18, 2012 | With the Eden Township Healthcare District’s legal options expended, excluding a somewhat quixotic petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, what comes next for patients and employees of San Leandro Hospital is unclear. Sutter Health,… Read More ›
County Official Says San Leandro Hospital Can Be Saved, But In What Form?
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITALMar. 27, 2012 | Just as arrangements are being made to prop the struggling St. Rose Hospital in Hayward, the director of county health care services says San Leandro Hospital can be rescued in some form regardless of… Read More ›
With San Leandro Hospital In The Balance, Labor Rep Asks For Seat At Negotiating Table
SAVE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITALSAN LEANDRO | Feb. 10, 2012 | A representative for nurses at San Leandro Hospital urged the Eden Township Healthcare District Wednesday night to include the union in negotiations between them and Sutter Health over the future… Read More ›
Appellate Court Sides With Sutter Over Ownership Of San Leandro Hospital
BREAKING Dec. 21, 2011 | The end of San Leandro Hospital as a general acute care hospital with emergency room services may be near. A state appellate court ruled Wednesday in favor of Sutter Health’s right to secure title to… Read More ›
Emails Detail Controversial Lease Discussions for San Leandro Hospital
Sept. 26, 2011 | Sutter Health, the operator of San Leandro Hospital, and the Alameda County Medical Center acknowledged in correspondences the controversial lease they signed in July 2009 is expired and discussed renewal of the agreement after current litigation between Sutter… Read More ›
Chan Says Sutter’s San Leandro Hospital Lease With ACMC Not Valid
WITHOUT ACMC, SUTTER WOULD HAVE NO OPERATOR FOR FACILITY AS ACUTE REHAB CENTERBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter OAKLAND – The controversial lease many supporters of saving San Leandro Hospital believe was negotiated in secret between Sutter Health and the… Read More ›
Chan Urges Sutter To Negotiate; Warns Supervisors Are Unified
COUNTY OFFERS 50 REHAB BEDS AT ST. ROSE TO BE OPERATED BY ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTERBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter In a letter to the CEO of Sutter Health, Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan urges the health provider to… Read More ›
Chan Asks ACMC To Drop Proposed Lease With Sutter For Hospital
CRITICS CONTEND SUTTER NEVER HAD RIGHT TO MAKE AGREEMENT FOR FACILITY IT DID NOT OWNBy Steven Tavares Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan has notified the CEO of the Alameda County Medical Center the Board of Supervisors will not support a… Read More ›
St. Rose To The Rescue
CORBETT, LOCAL LEADERS RALLY TO SUPPORT PLAN FOR ST. ROSE TO OPERATE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITALBy Steven Tavares A lawyer for Hayward’s St. Rose Hospital gave the first public acknowledgement Wednesday it is seeking to operate San Leandro Hospital. “If this… Read More ›
Chan Has Support of Supes To Stop County Deal
ST. ROSE’S OFFER WOULD ENTAIL INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL EVENTUALLY JOINING EDEN TOWNSHIP By Steven Tavares Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan says she believes progress has been made convincing the county to rescind its offer two years ago to convert San Leandro Hospital… Read More ›
Judge Denies Healthcare District’s Writ Of Mandate
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL’S FATE BECOMES DIRE AFTER RULINGBy Steven Tavares A California Appellate Court judge has denied the Eden Township Healthcare District’s writ of mandate regarding its countersuit against Sutter Health. The suit alleges a conflict of interest over negotiations… Read More ›
Fourth Eden Member has Conflict
DISTRICT CITES ‘RULE OF NECESSITY’ FOR SECOND TIME By STEVEN TAVARESThe Citizen THE DISTRICT v. SUTTERYou can add Carole Rogers to the list of Eden Township Healthcare District boardmembers with a conflict of interest. The chair of the board joins… Read More ›
Q&A with ACMC CEO Wright Lassiter III
The Citizen caught up with the Alameda County Medical Center CEO Wright Lassiter III Tuesday at Holy Names University in Oakland minutes before he addressed its annual meeting. Last year, Sutter Health, agreed to lease San Leandro Hospital to ACMC…. Read More ›
Santos Joins the Fight
MAYOR ‘DEMANDS’ HOSPITAL AND ER KEPT OPEN; RESIDENTS CALL FOR RATNESAR’S RESIGNATION By STEVEN TAVARESThe Citizen HAYWARD, Calif. – San Leandro Mayor Tony Santos made his most forceful public plea yet to save San Leandro Hospital and its ER. Speaking… Read More ›
Talk of Settlement Enters Hospital Equation
SOURCES: THREE-WAY DEAL TO SUBSIDIZE ER UNDER DISCUSSION; VACANT BOARD SEAT ALSO SLOWING DISTRICT’S APPROACH TO SETTLEMENT By STEVEN TAVARESThe Citizen A legal compliant is always a good way to coax a settlement. That’s what Sutter Health is bargaining after… Read More ›
District Replacement to Come Down to Last Minute
NOV. 27 DEADLINE LOOMS; INTERVIEWS TO BE HELD IN TWO MEETINGS NEXT MONTHHAYWARD, Calif. – Eden Township Healthcare Director Carole Rogers forced the issue Tuesday night for selecting a replacement for Dr. Walter Kran who resigned Sept. 28, it’s just… Read More ›
Q&A with Sutter VP of Communication Bill Gleeson
The lease between Sutter and the Alameda County Medical Center was signed Aug. 3, why wait until Aug. 19 to announce it? There is a perception in the community that Sutter is not being transparent about its actions. How does… Read More ›
The Power of the Well-Written Press Release…
….OR THE TRAGEDY OF A BARREN MEDIA LANDSCAPEWhen the Alameda County Medical Center sent a press release late Wednesday afternoon, it attained the status of gospel most students of public relations dream about. Its talking points dominated the few articles… Read More ›
Sutter Signs Lease with Alameda County Medical Center
SUTTER ATTEMPTS TO RAM DEAL THROUGH DESPITE BOARD ACTIONALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CEO ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF LEASE WITH SUTTER TO MOVE ACUTE REHAB TO SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL…..LETTER SAYS E.R. AT SLH WILL BE CLOSED…..SUTTER SIGNED DEAL WITH ACMC AUG. 3……COMES… Read More ›
