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UC San Francisco, or UCSF, Health and John Muir Health announced Wednesday that it will open the Berkeley Outpatient Center, which will not provide emergency services, in June.
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Prosper’s last day is May 4, and Sutter Health, which owns Alta Bates, is currently searching for his replacement, according to a statement provided by Clayton Warren, the communications manager for Sutter Health Bay Area.
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More than 350 community members joined the California Nurses Association late Saturday morning to oppose the proposed closure of Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley.
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The California Nurses Association, or CNA — a statewide nurse union — hosted rallies across the state last Thursday to push for improved pay and patient care as nurses employed by the University of California continued to negotiate their contracts.
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Sutter Health plans to shut down Berkeley’s only acute-care hospital, Alta Bates Medical Center, one mile from the UC Berkeley campus and the beloved birthplace of thousands of area residents, including many in the UC Berkeley community. If you are a UC Berkeley student, your health and wellbeing are at risk
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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center radiation oncology department, which housed the first TomoTherapy machine in the East Bay, the “preferred” radiation treatment for complex tumors, is set to close July 14.
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California State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, introduced a Senate bill Feb. 17 that aims to prevent the closures of hospitals across the state at a time when Berkeley’s only emergency center is set to close by 2030.
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A political action committee backed by three unions has raised $24,000 this year for eight candidates in the upcoming Berkeley elections, according to an expenditure report filed Thursday.
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Stretching from Cedar Street to the far northern edge of town, District 5 encompasses both winding residential streets and the bustling shopping districts along Solano and North Shattuck avenues.
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Advocates debated Proposition 61 — a state ballot measure that aims to standardize drug prices — at a panel Saturday in Dwinelle Hall.
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