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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.

SF General Calls Brentwood Family to Tell Them Their Son Is Dead, But It Was a Mistake

A Brentwood family is reeling from a case of mistaken identity in which a staffer at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital called to tell them last week that their family member was fatally shot. But it actually wasn't true.

Man Dies In Stabbing Near SF General

A homicide occurred early this morning a block away from Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

SF General Has Zero COVID Patients Right Now

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital hit a pandemic milestone on Thursday with zero COVID admissions, and no COVID patients at all in beds at the facility.

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.

SF Doctor With 25 Years Experience In the ER Says Volunteering At Texas Hospital Was 'Overwhelming'

A San Francisco ER doctor has spent a week volunteering in makeshift intensive-care units at a hospital in Brownsville, Texas, and in an interview with ABC7, he says it's been the hardest week of his career.

More Supes Call for Stripping Zuckerberg’s Name from SF General Hospital

Supervisors Gordon Mar and Matt Haney revive a proposal to nix the “Zuckerberg” from Zuckerberg General Hospital, and hospital staff apparently hate the name too.

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Off the Grid Feeds Healthcare Workers at SF General

Off the Grid, the outfit that typically organizes street-food vendor gatherings around San Francisco and the Bay Area, has partnered with the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation to serve 3,200 meals today to doctors, nurses, and staff at Zuckerberg SF General.

Local Hospitals Prepare for Coronavirus Patients; Richmond Lab Begins Testing

While there has yet to be a case of the Wuhan/novel coronavirus in San Francisco, health officials are preparing for the possibility that a case will appear here.

[Update] San Benito County Couple Infected With Coronavirus Moved to UCSF Parnassus

The coronavirus has officially arrived in San Francisco as of Monday after a husband and wife who both tested positive for the virus arrived at an unnamed San Francisco hospital.

Mayor’s Bed Cuts to Residential Mental Health Program Draws Outrage

Even though it’s a trade-off that adds temporary shelter beds for the mentally ill, the mayor’s plan also includes moving many patients out of their permanent facilities.

SF General Hospital Sued By Family Of Second Woman Who Died Alone In Stairwell

The children of Ruby Lee Andersen, a 75-year-old dementia victim who died while trapped in a hospital stairwell last year, are suing the hospital for neglect.

SF Likely To Have ‘Universal Mental Health Care’ On The November Ballot

You’ve heard of Healthy SF, now get ready to vote on Mental Health SF — guaranteed mental illness and addiction treatment for anyone who wants it.

Zuckerberg Hospital Revises Insane Billing Practices After Media Exposés

Fully insured people will no longer be billed $20,000 for a broken arm, as media reports shame Zuckerberg General Hospital into reversing their “aggressive” billing tactics.

Saturday Links: Man Walked Into SF General With Loaded Handgun

A man is facing 14 charges after a scary February incident at SF General, well loved sea lion dies at SF Zoo, and Draymond Green checks out the Warriors Arena.

Halloween Gunfight In Castro Critically Injures SFPD Officer, Suspect

A suspicious vehicle report in San Francisco's Castro District led to an exchange of gunfire early Wednesday morning, with both a police officer and a suspect injured in the confrontation. According to San

Victim Of Market Street Attack Dies In Hospital

Eight months after an attack on Market Street sent a man to the hospital, the victim has succumbed to his injuries, turning an assault investigation into a homicide one. According to the San

Traffic Collisions Account For Half Of All Injuries Treated At SF General

In what will likely come as a surprise to even the most jaded of San Francisco's pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers, we learn via a Department of Public Heath report that half of all

'Frantic But Organized Madhouse' During Effort To Rescue 30 When Boat Capsizes Near Pier 45

In a scene described by the San Francisco Chronicle as a "frantic but organized madhouse," bystanders, good samaritans, and first responders worked together Saturday to save 30 people after a yacht sank near

SF General Resident Condemns City's Treatment Of Mentally Ill

San Francisco, for all its wealth, is either unwilling or unable to care for its most vulnerable. So argues a SF General psychiatry resident in a recently published op-ed for the Chronicle which

[Update] Exploding Firework Leads To Chaos, Partial Evacuation At SF General

An official alert and multiple tweets went out announcing major police activity at SF General Thursday afternoon, and an anonymous tipster wrote to SFist saying, "My friend works at SF General and says