‘Prepare for the worst and hope for the best’, SF Chronicle Goes Inside Saint Francis’ COVID-19 Unit
Hospital News & Updates
Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, The Chronicle
Article by Mallory Moench; excerpts below.
“Saint Francis Memorial Hospital opened the City’s first dedicated COVID-19 unit to the public Monday, April 6…
The Hospital offered The Chronicle a rare look inside a medical facility treating coronavirus patients…
Saint Francis’ dedicated COVID-19 unit has 40 acute-care beds and eight for intensive care. The hospital’s other units have more intensive care beds and 30 ventilators, if needed…
“It’s been ‘prepare for the worst and hope for the best,’” said Dr. Kathleen Jordan, Saint Francis’ chief medical officer…
The unit is a collaboration through the Hospital Council of Northern California, a nonprofit trade group representing the city’s hospitals. It was funded with $1 million from UCSF and $1 million from the Saint Francis Foundation, which is raising another $500,000 it will match. Foundation President Mark Ryle said the organization was willing to give up to $5 million.”
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