Grand Jury Latest Voice Calling On Eden Health District To Dissolve
Grand jurors criticized the district — which no longer owns and operates a hospital or other direct care assets to deliver acute health care solutions — for spending more time managing real estate holdings than focusing on its core mission to provide medical services.
East Bay Times:
Alameda County Grand Jury Calls For Eden Health District To Dissolve
A special district charged with administering public health care services in Hayward and San Leandro can add another voice to a growing number of critics calling for it to change its ways or dissolve. Eden Health District should be dismantled because it "no longer owns and operates a district hospital or other direct care assets to deliver acute health care solutions," a 12-page Alameda County civil grand jury report has concluded. The district at one time owned Eden Hospital, but sold it to Sutter Health because it could not afford state-required seismic upgrades. (Moriki, 7/14)
In other news from across the state —
The Fresno Bee:
Health Clinics Going Up At Corcoran Prison In Building Boom
A building boom behind the walls of Corcoran state prison is putting the state on the right side of a federal receiver and boosting the local economy. At the prison, which holds about 3,570 inmates, work has begun on new health clinics to comply with a 2002 settlement in federal court requiring a higher level of medical care for inmates at all state prisons. (Griswold, 7/14)
East Bay Times:
Free End-Of-Life Legal Planning Aid For Contra Costa Seniors
Decisions about end-of-life care are difficult, but planning ahead ensures that family members and health care providers respect patients' wishes. Contra Costa Senior Legal Services, in partnership with American Insurance Group and the city of Concord, is sponsoring a free monthly legal clinic to help seniors prepare an advance health care directive, a document that designates someone to make health care decisions on their behalf if they are unable to speak for themselves. Contra Costa County residents 60 and older are eligible to receive assistance from the new Community Partners Clinic. (White, 7/14)