Annexation - Eden Township Hospital Dist, 02-15-1972

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M AY 5 1972 LEAN"RO Jack Maltester, Mayor City of San Leandro Dear Mayor Maltester: Frederick A. 1275 Montrose San Leandro, May 30, 1972 Grimes California A copy of the letter from Eden Hospital dated May 18, addressed to you has been forwarded to me by the President of the Bay-O-Vista Improvement Association. As an interested citizen I would like to submit the following comments. To use two comments out of the report by the survey team of the Joint Commission on accreditation, to justify a 4.7 million dollar tax assessment is really not understandable. Since they are using this survey to justify this huge expendi- ture the board should make the complete report available to you and community. The first quote; "l. Corridors should be kept free of obstructions" is a standard requirement dictated by the NFP - code, a requirement of the State Local and Fire code as well. The Joint Commission uses the 1967 defenition of the NFP as a standard. I'm sure if you could examine the report of the survey team for past years at Eden Hospital you would find this same admonition in fact you will find in on the report for Doctors, Laurel Grove, Levine Memorial, and any hospital in the area. Mr. Maltester it is necessary to see the total report of the survey team, not just two statements out of context. Last week I had an opprotunity to meet and talk with Bruce Sanderson, the first non medical assistant director of the Joint Commission and now Administrator of Long Beach Community Hospital. Mr. Sanderson initiated the two year survey instead of three and up dated the standards to their present form. I asked Mr. Sanderson if the report of the survey team of the Joint Commission on accreditations would recommend a 4.7 million dollar construction. His answer was NEVER. The Joint Commissions primary interest is in standards, ie/ the physical enviroment in. which medical care is rendered, Isolations Techniques, Air changes and flow, procedures for internal and external emergency. There should be four disaster drills each year for each shift and these procedures should be documented. We should see the comments the Joint Commission Survey Team has made regarding these areas. As for the more room needed for X-Ray - Laboratory and medical records, let's review this area. The same firm, Stone Marccini and Patterson did the planning for the last major expantion of these areas. The Cobalt Room was built and no provision made for a wait- ing room at the inseption. Five years after the hospital was completed the X-Ray and Labortory was expanded, illustrating poor planning.