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Inmate Escapes Custody at SF General By Climbing Into Ceiling

There was a brief bit of chaos Tuesday morning at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital when an incarcerated person being held in the jail ward at the hospital escaped custody by climbing through ceiling tiles and trying to crawl away through the bowels of the hospital.

Patient Logbook Goes Missing at SF General Hospital, Security Review Underway

A big privacy problem has come to light at Zuckerberg General Hospital, as a patient logbook containing personal and medical information has disappeared and cannot be accounted for, and the hospital is conducting security reviews.

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The ‘Hearts in SF’ Are Already Out, And One of Them Is Made of 88,000 LEGO Bricks

Your 2024 Hearts in SF are out a little early this year at the Ferry Building, and one of the lovely creations is constructed of 88,748 LEGO bricks.

Zuckerberg SF General Hospital Opens Its First Weekend Monkeypox Vaccine Clinic

To vaccinate as many people against monkeypox as possible, the walk-in vaccine clinic at 1001 Potrero Avenue opened Saturday for its first weekend to immunize patients.

Dr. Grant Colfax Does Not Want You Calling New Supplemental mRNA Vaccine Program a 'Booster'

On Thursday, patients who previously received the single-shot J&J COVID-19 vaccine could request an mRNA vaccine dose through Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFGH). But again: The shot, itself, isn't exactly a "booster," per se.

SF General and UCSF Staff COVID-19 Infections Raise Concern About Rate of Breakthrough Cases

Between UCSF and SF General, the two hospitals recorded at least 233 COVID-19 infections amongst staff members. Of those infected, around 80% were fully inoculated against the disease — but just two vaccinated people were hospitalized in total.

San Francisco Settles Lawsuit Over Dementia Patient at SF General Found Dead In Stairwell

In a case all too similar to one five years earlier, the city and Zuckerberg SF General Hospital have agreed to settle with the family that brought a lawsuit over the death of a woman who got accidentally locked in a stairwell on the hospital grounds and was later found dead.

Unable to Actually Change the Hospital's Name, SF Supervisors to Pass Resolution 'Condemning' the 'Zuckerberg' Part of SF General

"There’s been growing public outrage that this important public health institution was named and the naming rights were sold to the highest bidder and to somebody as controversial as Mr. Zuckerberg and Facebook," says Sup. Gordon Mar.

Doctor at SF General Who Has Treated Scores of Critically Ill COVID Patients Is First in City to Receive Vaccine

After receiving 2,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Monday, SF General became the first hospital in the city to begin administering it Tuesday morning, with one critical-care doctor who has treated the most severely ill COVID patients being the first to receive a dose.

Nurses At SF Hospitals Should Be Getting Regular COVID Tests. Why Aren't They?

A spike in COVID-19 cases is happening among the staff at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital, and neither there nor at Kaiser Permanente's hospital in San Francisco are nurses who deal with COVID-positive patients getting mandatory, regular tests themselves. Why?

SF General Boasts Only One Death to Date After Treating 38 COVID-19 Patients In Intensive Care

Of the 1,468 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date in San Francisco, it's not clear how many cases remain active — and city health officer Dr. Grant Colfax has said that hospitalization data is one of the best markers we have for how the city is tackling the coronavirus.

Clinical Lab at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital Begins Antibody Testing for COVID-19 Next Week

While current national COVID-19 testing — which involves a technique called reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) — remains at a shortage, an SF lab is validating a new antibody test, helping to both expand testing availability and identify possible cases of herd immunity.

Protesters Shut Down Health Commission Meeting Over Empty Bed Fiasco

Nearly 100 demonstrators bring the ruckus over dozens empty beds at San Francisco General Hospital, at a time when homelessness is running rampant.

SF General Likely To Change Billing Practice That Gouges Insured Patients

The hospital has for years been slapping insured patients with exorbitant bills for costs not covered by that insurance, in a practice called "balance billing."

Patient Paralyzed At SF General Wins Settlement And Dies, And Now City Won't Pay

On March 16, 2012, 53-year-old David Zeller was taken to SF General exhibiting numb legs and severe back pain. He left the hospital paraplegic. The Chronicle has his story, which is sad, but

First Look Inside The New Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg SF General Hospital

Peek inside new SF General Hospital: 2x emergency beds, more trauma, operating rooms, roof garden. Opens spring 2016 pic.twitter.com/B5RLVyCvSH— Juan Carlos Guerrero (@JuanCarlosABC7) November 17, 2015 Even though it won't

Hospital, Sheriff's Dept. Blamed Equally For Lynne Spalding's Death

The tragic case of the death of Lynne Spalding, who was found in a locked stairwell at S.F. General Hospital on October 8 after disappearing from her hospital room 17 days earlier,

Missing S.F. General Patient Suffered From Complications Due To Alcoholism

The San Francisco medical examiner has weighed in on the case of Lynne Spalding who went missing from her room at San Francisco General Hospital back in late September and was later found

Eight Injured In Fire At S.F. General Construction Site

A one-alarm fire broke out this morning inside an elevator shaft at San Francisco General Hospital, leaving seven construction workers and one firefighter with minor injuries and smoke inhalation. Only one of the