Press Release
“The people of San Francisco appreciate the value of San Francisco General and they sent that message loud and clear last year,” said Mayor Gavin Newsom. “Now we are moving forward to strengthen General by building a new hospital that the entire city can be proud of for generations to come.”
The new 448,000 square-foot building, scheduled to open in 2015, will be nine stories (seven stories above ground and two below) and house 284 inpatient beds, 32 more beds than the current hospital. The new building will feature a state-of-the-art environment including patient care areas which have been designed to reduce errors and infections and improve quality and nursing care. The $887.4 million hospital will be LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified and will feature a seismically compliant design allowing the hospital building to move 30 inches in any direction.
“We are grateful for the support that the City and its residents have shown San Francisco General,” said Sue Currin, Chief Executive Officer. “As the city’s only trauma center, we have the opportunity to serve everyone who lives in, works in or visits San Francisco. On top of that, we care for 100,000 people each year and provide 20% of the city’s inpatient care. The new hospital will allow us to do an even better job fulfilling our mission to provide high quality health care to all.”
Additional speakers at the event included Mitch Katz, Director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Sue Carlisle, Associate Dean, University of California, San Francisco, Judy Guggenhime, President of the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, and Ed Reiskin, Director of the San Francisco Department of Public Works.
For information on the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center rebuild, please visit www.sfdph.org/dph/rebuildSFGH/.