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Zuckerberg November 21, 2015 -- Today I attended the ribbon-cutting dedication of the new Priscilla and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) and Trauma Center building. Present at the occasion were Zuckerberg (in his trademark tee-shirt and jeans, chatting with California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom in my photo), Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi and Jackie Speier, San Francisco mayor Ed Lee (wielding the giant scissors), venerable news anchor Belva Davis, and many more. The building itself ($880 million) was paid for by a City bond. Zuckerberg's gift of $75 million paid for the equipment and technology inside it. We toured the new facility. It is the most efficient, high-tech and well-designed emergency department I've seen. Having volunteered in its predecessor (across the courtyard, still running) I have seen the superb medical care that is delivered here. When the new facility opens in 3/2016, it will be even better. |
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"The United States alone [among wealthy countries] treats health care as a commodity to be distributed according to the ability to pay rather than a social service to be distributed according to medical need." — JAMA (2003), 290, 798