“There's just a difference in night and day of how you feel when you're treated in a small community hospital,” said one patient. “Versus when you go to UCSF.”
Valerie Vanderheiden has been going to St. Mary’s Medical Center for the last 45 years for treatment and is one of many patients concerned about how their quality of care might diminish if the hospital is sold to UCSF.
The hospital’s doctors, many of whom have been there for decades, have spoken up about how they want to be part of the discussion over St. Mary’s fate, to ensure that the quality of care they provide won’t be affected by new ownership. Now, their patients are hoping to make their voices heard as well.
“It takes somebody who knows you and knows really what your medical needs are and what your condition is,” she said. Clunies-Ross hasn’t been a patient at the hospital as long as Vanderheiden, only 20 years, but she’s come to rely on their care for a host of ailments she’s dealt with over her lifetime, including ovarian and breast cancer.
Man arrested for allegedly shoving woman into traffic in Fillmore district The woman struck her head against the roadway during the fall and later took herself to a hospitalClunies-Ross hasn’t had bad experiences with UCSF, which she was referred to when she suffered a bout of skin cancer, but she acknowledges that the experience was “different.”
“They take care of the neighborhood,” she said. “They take care of the people that are in need, really in need.”
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