California Pacific Medical Center
SF Scales Back Plan For Hospital On Cathedral Hill; Expands Mission Facility
San Francisco city leaders have struck a deal to build two new hospitals, including a scaled-back plan for the controversial California Pacific Medical Center on Cathedral Hill.
Donors Step Up To Help San Francisco’s Iconic Brown Twins
Donations have poured in to help the iconic Brown twins remain together since the older sister, Vivian, developed Alzheimer’s requiring round the clock care that landed her in the hospital.
Groundbreaking Software Saving Lives By Connecting Kidney Donors, Patients
Kidney transplants are taking a quantum leap forward at one Bay Area hospital thanks to a new cloud-based computer program that matches donors with recipients. That new software is precisely how California Pacific Medical Center is suddenly performing simultaneous transplants involving eight to ten patients.
California Pacific Medical Center Performs 4-Way Kidney Transplant
Until Thursday, when all eight people were formally introduced at the hospital on Buchanan Street, the individuals involved did not know for sure who donated to whom.
About the Bay: Clowning Around May Actually Be Good Medicine
This is no laughing matter – the Medical Clown Project of San Francisco is a nonprofit organization providing laughter – and some say healing – at California Pacific Medical Center’s (CPMC) Davies and St. Luke’s campuses.
San Francisco Ballet Brings ‘The Nutcracker’ To Sick Children
Dancers with the San Francisco Ballet performed parts of “The Nutcracker” for children at a hospital in the city’s Presidio Heights neighborhood Tuesday.
Elderly Woman Hospitalized After SF Gold Necklace Theft
An elderly woman was hospitalized after being pushed to the ground and robbed of a gold necklace and pendant by two other women in San Francisco’s Excelsior District on Wednesday evening, police said.
Homeless Advocates Occupy Vacant San Francisco Buildings
Homeless advocates have occupied several vacant buildings in San Francisco to call for more housing for the homeless.
Yosemite Climber Survives Fall, Severed Thumb Reattached
A rock climber at Yosemite National Park whose thumb was severed by the safety rope that saved him from a fall has had the thumb reattached by surgeons.
Potentially Fatal Bacterial Outbreak At San Francisco Hospital
Two floors of California Pacific Medical Center on California Street in San Francisco were infected two weeks ago with clostridium difficile, more commonly known as “C Diff”.
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