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DESCRIPTION:Mirkarimi Legislation Demonstrates City Commitment to St. Luke’s, as 
 Broad Community Coalition Rallies to Save San Francisco Landmark Healthcare 
 Rally Precedes Hearing\n\nThursday, January 24, 2008 :   Scores of nurses, 
 doctors, and patients from St. Luke’s Hospital will be joined by 
 community and civil rights activists Thursday January 24 as a Board of 
 Supervisors committee considers a resolution mapping out the City’s 
 responses, including possible legal action, to Sutter Health’s attempts 
 to engage “medical redlining” by abandoning the heavily Latino and 
 African-American patient population at the facility.    The patient 
 advocates will gather for a 12 noon rally on the steps of City Hall, 
 preceding the 1 p.m.committee hearing, Thursday January 24.\n\nThe 
 committee will also investigate the depth and severity of the cuts that 
 Sutter Health has made thus far in the “medical-surgical” or general 
 hospital units. The recent closure of a medical/surgical floor follows a 
 string of service cuts, most recently the October announcement of the 
 elimination of neonatal intensive care at St. Luke’s.  The Committee on 
 City Operations and Neighborhood Services will take up a resolution by Sup. 
 Ross Mirkarimi to place the Board of Supervisors on record against Sutter 
 Health’s efforts to close St. Luke’s and to direct the city attorney to 
 outline responses to the clear violations of civil rights and other laws 
 that Sutter Health is engaging in.  The same resolution also orders all 
 city departments to send the board information about any pending permits 
 related to the closure of St. Luke’s.  At the same hearing, Sup. Michaela 
 Alioto-Pier will continue her investigation into the cuts that Sutter has 
 already made at the facility, specifically on the med-surg floors, leaving 
 those units overcrowded during the flu season. Read More\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/23/18474268.php
SUMMARY:Supervisors to Go on Record Against Sutter’s Closing of St. Luke’s. Investigate Legal Responses to Medical Redlining 
LOCATION:Steps of SF City Hall, preceding the 1 p.m.committee hearing
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/23/18474268.php
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