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

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• EDrE n HoSPIT fl L • 20103 LAKE CHABOT ROAD Cfl5TQO YflLLEW,CALIf:0mA CITY ATIORNEY'$ OFFICE TELEPNONEJE/fEASON 7-1234 May 18, 1972 JUN 2- 9-972 CITY OF SAN LEANDRO The Honorable Jack D. Maltester Mayor of San Leandro San Leandro, California - Dear Mayor Maltester: We express our appreciation to you and the Councilmen of the City of San Leandro and the other interested citizens of San Leandro in meeting with the Eden Hospital Building Committee on Saturday, May 6, 1972. The following is a review of Eden Hospital's Modernization Program: Eden Hospital is now more than twenty-two years old, counting the time of its original planning and design. Medical advances, services and treatment, have changed the use of hospitals by todays standards. This is the most important reason for our program. Another reason is that the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, in the inspection, stated that " 1. Corridors should be kept free of obstruc- tions", and, "Z. More space is needed for x-ray, laboratory and medical records." We began as early as 1966 in attempting to keep pace with changes and when we established the Coronary Care Unit it vas obvious that much more than minor alterations would be needed to meet the growing demands. In 1968 the Board undertook a preliminary study of the needs of the various services including establishing a full-time, twenty-four hour emergency service. The study noted the increasing use of outpatient services, including radiology, clinical laboratory, emergency and physical therapy. There began a series of meetings with physicians of the specialized services and department heads, and the possibility of establishing a Cardiac Care Unit on the First Floor adjacent to the existing Emergency Department in a ne,.ti-1y-constructed building. After much deliberation and study, it was decided that this location would impede any enlargement of the Emergency Department and could impair the growth of radiology and clinical laboratory.