Rep. Eric Swalwell has agreed to lead a blue- ribbon commission to alleviate Hayward’s St. Rose Hospital and its finances. ALAMEDA COUNTYAlameda County Supervisor Richard Valle said Monday that a blue-ribbon commission, already supported by Rep. Eric Swalwell, should be… Read More ›
Dev Mahadevean has served as Eden Health District CEO for nine years. EDEN HEALTH DISTRICTEden Health District CEO Dev Mahadevan announced Friday that he is retiring, effective July 1, after nine years leading the day-to-day operations of the central Alameda… Read More ›
Eden Health District CEO Dev Mahadevan EDEN HEALTH DISTRICTAlameda County elected officials and two East Bay assemblymembers have asserted for the past year that the Eden Health District no longer provides health care grants for its central county residents and… Read More ›
EDEN HEALTH DISTRICT | Legislation that could be the first nail in the Eden Health District’s coffin was signed last week by Gov. Jerry Brown. The new law, authored by East Bay Assemblymember Rob Bonta, requires the struggling Eden Health… Read More ›
Assemblymember Rob Bonta’s AB 2737 is one of two bills involving the Eden Health District. EDEN HEALTHCARE DISTRICT |The future of the Eden Health District is again being threatened. Legislation authored by Assemblymember Rob Bonta that intends to force the… Read More ›
APRIL>>>With the years-long drought worsening, several East Bay municipalities begin drawing up water conservation plans. Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday jokingly proposes a “skip-a-shower day.” State Sen. Bob Wieckowski tends to one of the plants to be used in the $6 million Oro Loma… Read More ›
Eden Health District Board of Directors in 2013 HEALTHCARE | Without a hospital to oversee following the loss of San Leandro Hospital to Sutter Health in recent years, the Eden Township Healthcare District has long needed a face lift. Meet… Read More ›
Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan Healthcare district looking into parcel tax HEALTH CARE | With the future of San Leandro Hospital still up in the air, Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan says its former operators–Sutter Health and the Eden Township… Read More ›
FREMONT/July 14, 7 p.m.All eyes on Fremont’s surveillance cameras SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS APPROVAL Oakland residents fought hard against the type of surveillance the Fremont City Council is set to approval Tuesday night. But this isn’t Oakland. The council will be asked… Read More ›
Court will allow Eden Township Healthcare District to pay $19.7 million in damages to Sutter Health over the next 10 years rather than all at once. Chan wants Eden Township to provide hospital with additional financial help SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL… Read More ›
Eden Township Healthcare District Board of Directors at a meeting last year. ETHD can pay $17m damages now; dissolveSAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | An old wound is being reopened in the years-long fight to keep San Leandro Hospital in operation. Alameda… Read More ›
San Leandro Hospital and its emergency room remain open. EDEN TOWNSHIP | As part of the settlement that ultimately saved San Leandro Hospital from closure in 2013, the Sacramento-based Sutter Health allowed the Eden Township Healthcare District, which lost the… Read More ›
Roxann Lewis is the newest member of the Eden Township Healthcare District Board of Directors. EDEN TOWNSHIP | One of the people who helped San Leandro Hospital escape closure last year is now a member of the Eden Township Healthcare… Read More ›
Dr. Harry Dvorsky EDEN TOWNSHIP HEALTHCARE DISTRICT | Dr. Harry Dvorsky, a former chief of staff at Castro Valley’s Eden Hospital and elected member of the Eden Township Healthcare District Board of Directors, died Feb.10. He was 90. The kind thoracic… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY//HEALTH CARE | The fall and potential renaissance of two East Bay health care facilities in San Leandro and Alameda share similar qualities, they reportedly bleed money and struggle to compete in a market dominated by big players in… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | An arbitrator ordered the Eden Township Healthcare District to pay Sutter Health over $17 million in damages to compensate for losses the health care provider incurred during a two-year span while ownership of San Leandro Hospital… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | The letter of intent signed two weeks ago by Sutter Health and Alameda Health System does not include language assuring the emergency room at San Leandro Hospital stays open. The proposed deal to transfer title of… Read More ›
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 ›
ALCO Supervisor Wilma Chan SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | After years of ambivalence by Sutter Health to even negotiate with Alameda County or the Eden Township Healthcare District over San Leandro Hospital, it approached Supervisor Wilma Chan on its own last… Read More ›
SUNDAY COLUMN | After four years of uncertainty, San Leandro Hospital appears to have been saved, at least, for the next few years. However, the fits and starts that have been a hallmark of this community-fueled uprising to save its… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | On Tuesday morning, Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan was trying to get ahead of news reports detailing an impending deal to save San Leandro Hospital leaked to a business reporter the night before. However, while the report… Read More ›
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 ›
St. Luke’s Hospital in San Francisco SAVE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | Good news across the bay in San Francisco over Sutter Health’s deal to rebuild St. Luke’s Hospital and construct a smaller scale facility at Cathedral Hill is being viewed… Read More ›
Last Supper? Eden Township Healthcare District Board, Mar. 13, in Castro Valley. Left-right: Les Friedman, Dr. Bill West, Carole Rogers, Dr. Vin Sawhney, Dr. Ronald Hull. HEALTH CARE | The Eden Township Healthcare District, a local government agency facing the… Read More ›
HEALTH CARE | Sutter Health’s long-held intention to shut down San Leandro Hospital will not happen this year, says the director of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, but as early as spring 2014. The reason for the delay, says… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
>>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 ›
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 ›
SAVE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | If Sutter Health gets its way, the Eden Township Healthcare District may cease to exist sooner than later. But, that is not stopping the District’s elected leaders from searching for revenue to keep San Leandro… Read More ›
