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 ›
“I am quite outraged at what Eden does and how theydo it,” said San Leandro Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter. Cutter also questions Eden Township CEO’s pay SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | San Leandro Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter excoriated the local… 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 ›
ASSEMBLY | HEALTH CARE | A state legislative audit two years ago found non-profit hospitals receiving lucrative tax-exemptions lack accounting for the amount of charity care they provide. Last year, East Bay Assemblymembers Bob Wieckowski and Rob Bonta authored a… Read More ›
HEALTH CARE | It seems San Leandro Hospital got out from under the thumb of Sutter Health in the nick of time. The California Nurses Association on Tuesday harshly criticized the hospital provider for potentially putting patients at risk when… 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 | The letter of intent between Sutter Health and Alameda Health System (AHS) to keep San Leandro Hospital open expires July 1. However, if July 2 comes around without a deal in place, don’t worry; says Wright… 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 ›
SUNDAY COLUMN | As the Legislature made a mad dash this week to clear its calendar of bills from its houses of origin, one specific floor debate in the Assembly showed why many distrust government and unfortunately assume their hands… Read More ›
ASSEMBLY//HEALTH CARE | An Assembly bill steeped in the long-running fight to save one East Bay hospital failed passage Friday morning after several attempts. The bill authored by Fremont Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski and co-sponsored by Assemblyman Rob Bonta would have… 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 ›
ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS//ROUNDUP | A multi-agency proposal that would add up to 90 public safety officers for high crime areas in Alameda County has some federal and local hoops to jump through before receiving the $67 million grant. This week,… 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 ›
PHOTO/Shane Bond ILLUSTRATION/Steven Tavares THE SUNDAY COLUMN | Oakland Civil Rights Attorney Michael Siegel stood before the Alameda County Board of Supervisors’ Public Protection Committee last Valentine’s Day and told them what he thought about a proposal by the Sheriff’s… 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 ›
01.12Fremont Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski starts 2012 with a resolution asking Congress to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous Citizens United decision. The bill, co-authored with Assemblyman Michael Allen passes in July and represents a huge win for Wieckowski’s growing credibility among… 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 ›
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 ›
