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

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Jack Maltester, Mayor Page 2 If the medical records needs more room it is because a large portion of medical records section was used for the computer system. This area is one that needs a thorough investigation by a firm such as Haskins & Sells, or Price Waterhouse. Attached is a memorandum that came to me reviewing the activities of Eden Hospital and Hospital Science of Northern California. I feel that Eden Hospital has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on this computer system without proper need or benefit to the patients or the district. In conjunction with the 4.7 million dollar expantion, the Eden Board is buying additional land, reproving it from the tax rolls, yet there is a large area devoted to a private residence that should be used before any additional land is aquired. These new plans in no way utilize the ground this private residence is occupying. Nor has the administration filed under Rule 28B, title 18 of the California Administration Code the beneficial use by a private individual of this property: Letters from the office of the Assessor are attached to verify this fact. I'm sure a proper survey and building plan would find a better use of this land for the district than a private residence. Mayor Maltester, I'm sure you were as close to Bill Romwall as anyone in San Leandro. Attached is his column of February 7, 1972, where he states, concerning Eden Hospital, "Certainly something is wrong, and we the people need to find out what it is and to see that it is corrected." In other columns he urged Implimentation of Konig Report. That urged the appointment of a co -administration for the professional services, and a survey by a firm such as Booze Allen or A.T. Kearny and Company, both firms capable of conducting a professional survey - and they would not benefit by implementing their recommendations as was the case of Stone Marccini and Pattersen. In conclusion the letter uses another statement out of context. From a report of the county planning commission dated April 19, 1972 this is after the fact, after the tax payers have payed the second installment of the 4.7 million dollar assesment. If the Board at Eden Hospital thought their need for expantion was so overwhelming why did they by pass the State Health Planning Council. This is a Voluntary Healty Planning Agency designated by the legislature, they hold public hearings to establish need. Mayor Maltester, I urge you to use the auspices of your office to bring about a complete survey of Eden Hospital, the computer system and cost related to benefits, Profession Administration, land use, and why the low utilization of present facility, and an opprotunity to see all the documents - not just excerpts out of context. Since ely, Frederick A. Grimes FAG/ly encls. (5)