To save lives, Alta Bates must be saved
Where would you go if you had a medical emergency? For an estimated 4,000 students a year, the answer is the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center.
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Preventive care goes further than punitive measures
CITY AFFAIRS: Investing in public health campaigns helps communities in Berkeley from the start.
Whether it be clearing encampments or condemning public defecation, legislative bodies have historically poured resources into punitive measures.
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Closing Alta Bates threatens emergency care in Berkeley
As many as 4,000 UC Berkeley students visit Alta Bates’ emergency department, or ED, every academic year. It’s especially comforting to know that we can also receive intensive care services or other acute care services at Alta Bates, which is owned by the hospital chain Sutter Health.
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Planned power outages affect hospitals, care centers
Months before the recent outage, the company began taking measures to minimize the impact of power loss in hospitals, critical care facilities and for medical baseline customers, who have special energy needs due to medical conditions.
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Mayor Jesse Arreguín, City Council members propose outreach coordinator in response to Alta Bates closure
Mayor Jesse Arreguín and City Council members Lori Droste and Kate Harrison are proposing a $50,000 budget to support an outreach coordinator, who would educate the community about the health impacts of closing Alta Bates Summit Medical Center.
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Berkeley City Council addresses Alta Bates closure, bans flavored tobacco
The Berkeley City Council met Tuesday for its last regular meeting of the year, at which it swore in its newly- and re-elected representatives as well as addressed a variety of issues including the Alta Bates Hospital closure, street paving and tobacco sales.
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Berkeley City Council to discuss cannabis retail applications, forestry ordinance at Tuesday meeting
Berkeley City Council will convene Tuesday to review a number of items, which consider the safe storage of firearms and the timeline of the application process for cannabis retail.
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Lori Droste wins Berkeley City Council’s District 8 seat
Droste led the polls into the early morning hours Wednesday as votes were counted, and secured 56.05 percent of the vote as of press time about 2 a.m., with all precincts reporting.
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Former Alta Bates Summit Medical Center employee sues Sutter Health for alleged disability discrimination
A former Alta Bates Summit Medical Center employee is suing Sutter Health for alleged harassment and discrimination based on disability.
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UC Berkeley study finds link between hospital consolidation, higher prices for patients
A UC Berkeley study published in September found that increasing hospital consolidation in California has been associated with significant increases in Affordable Care Act premiums and outpatient service prices.
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