Kaiser San Francisco Medical Center Explained

Kaiser San Francisco Medical Center
Org/Group:Kaiser Permanente
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Location:San Francisco
State:California
Country:US
Beds:247

Kaiser San Francisco Medical Center consists of four Kaiser Permanente medical office and center campuses in San Francisco, California.[1]

History

French Hospital

The French Hospital of San Francisco, officially La Societe Francaise de Bienfaisance Mutuelle, was founded in 1851 as San Francisco's first private hospital.[2] It was originally located on Rincon Hill. Later locations were Bryant at 5th Streets (1856), and Point Lobos Avenue (now Geary) (1895). A new French Hospital was dedicated on May 4, 1963. It is now known as the "French Campus" of Kaiser Permanente.[3]

Consolidation

Kaiser Permanente has the main San Francisco Medical Center, the Geary Hospital, French Campus, and Mission Bay all forming Kaiser's San Francisco presence.

Incidents

In 2008, 960 babies were potentially exposed to tuberculosis at the hospital's postpartum unit.[4]

In 2010 the hospital was fined US$100,000 for failing to properly treat a diabetic patient that later died.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anza Vista Bottle Attack Leaves Man Critically Injured - Hoodline. 21 August 2017.
  2. Marie Louise Girerd, "History of the French Hospital", French-American Foundation for Medical Research and Education. https://web.archive.org/web/20170301152642/https://ffmre.org/history/
  3. "Lost San Francisco", https://www.facebook.com/LostSanFrancisco/photos/the-french-hospital-san-francisco-founded-in-1851-by-etienne-dervec-on-rincon-hi/1012687832122852/
  4. Web site: 960 babies in TB scare at Kaiser in S.F.. 27 August 2008.
  5. Web site: Bay Area hospitals fined for violations. 31 August 2012.