San Francisco General Hospital

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Geography
Location 1001 Potrero Ave
San Francisco, California 94110, United States
Organization
Care system Medicaid, Medicare, Public
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university University of California, San Francisco
Services
Emergency department Level I trauma center
Beds 403 General Acute Care
22 Acute Psychiatric
59 Skilled Nursing Mental Health
30 Skilled Nursing Med/Surg
History
Founded 1850
Links
Website Website
Lists Hospitals in the United States
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital from the air

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH) is a safety net hospital in San Francisco, California, and the only Level I Trauma Center for the 1.5 million residents of San Francisco and northern San Mateo County.[1] The hospital serves poor, elderly people, uninsured working families, and immigrants. About 80 percent of its patient population either receives publicly funded health insurance (Medicare or Medi-Cal) or is uninsured. SFGH also cares for the homeless, who make up about 8 percent of its patients.[2] It is the largest acute inpatient and rehabilitation hospital for psychiatric patients in the City. Additionally, it is the only acute hospital in San Francisco that provides twenty-four-hour psychiatric emergency services in San Francisco.

In addition to the approximately 3,500 San Francisco municipal employees, the University of California at San Francisco provides approximately 1,500 employees (including Physicians, nurses and ancillary personnel). The hospital, especially its Ward 86,[3] was instrumental in treating and identifying early cases of AIDS. The original brick main building was replaced with a concrete one with construction started in 1971;[4] four remaining 1915 five-story edifices are among the tallest brick buildings in the city. The hospital is located at 1001 Potrero Avenue between the Mission District and Potrero Hill; U.S. Route 101 rounds its east side at “Hospital Curve”.

A new San Francisco General Hospital acute care building is currently under construction on the site and is planned to be opened in May 2016. It will be the only hospital in San Francisco built with a base-isolated foundation, the latest technology for protecting buildings during seismic activity. Notable improvements include expanding the capacity of emergency department and increasing the number of beds as well as increasing the number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds and combining the previously separate surgical and medical units into one ICU.

Timeline [5]

Notable deaths

Artwork

The hospital owns and displays two paintings by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, donated to the hospital by Dr. Leo Eloesser. Eloesser interned at SFGH and was Kahlo's physician.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://medschool2.ucsf.edu/sfgh/social-responsibility
  3. ↑ http://hiv.ucsf.edu/
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Catastrophes, Epidemics, and Neglected Diseases: San Francisco General Hospital and the Evolution of Public Care by William Blaisdell, MD and Moses Grossman, MD
  5. ↑ http://medschool2.ucsf.edu/sfgh/historic-partnership
  6. ↑ Colliver, Victoria. "Zuckerberg, wife give $75 million to SF hospital". SF Chronicle. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera & SFGH". UCSF. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  9. ↑ Hendricks, Tyche (2008-06-09). "S.F.'s visual reminders of Kahlo, Rivera". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2015-05-18.

Coordinates: 37°45′20″N 122°24′18″W / 37.75556°N 122.40500°W / 37.75556; -122.40500

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