To All,

I have been a volunteer at St. Luke's for about two years and am a retiree from the San Francisco Fire Department.

As a volunteer I have seen a lot of good things happen at St. Luke's and as well as being a volunteer I have been admitted there a number of times because of a stent that was put into me about four years ago at CPMC. The continuing treatment was done at St. Luke's. My Primary care doctor is Kenneth Barnes and along with Dr. Edward Kersh, the Cardiac doctor at St. Luke's. They have brought me back to full health.

This Hospital should never be closed this hospital serves all of the outer Mission area and is needed greatly for all kinds of medical treatments for the area.

As a volunteer I have seen many people as I help discharge them from the hospital. All of them are very concerned about this hospital being closed.

One patient I remember more that others was a little old lady that I was called to assist and transport from Dr Kersh's Office to the emergency department. She was having problems breathing. I got her there fast and the treatment was excellent, she was admitted and treated and everything was fine. I saw her later in the month and she was so happy to have this hospital here to help save her. She thanked me very much for helping her and was glad that there was a volunteer there when she need one.

There are many other stories I am sure that could be told of occurrences like this.

KEEP THIS HOSPITAL OPEN IT IS NEEDED VERY MUCH.

SINCERELY, RESPECTFULLY AND APPRECIATIVELY

MR. BRUCE H. TURMENNE
SAN FRANCISCO CA. 94110
CHIEF ENGINEER S.F.F.D.

Dear Dr. Brotman:

I am a doctor at San Francisco General Hospital, a mother of two, and an avid supporter of St. Luke's Hospital. I received exemplary pre- and postnatal care under Dr. Laura Norrell and Midwife Yeshi Neumann over the last few years. The services they offer are not matched by any other facility in the San Francisco vicinity.

Understanding medical situations from both the patient and the doctor perspective, I am confident that, for the birth of my first child, I would've undergone an emergency C-section had I been at a different hospital. The L&D and maternity wards' nurses are highly trained to accommodate the unique, more natural approaches of these doctors and midwives; keeping the inpatient wards intact is crucial to supporting the obstetrical practice.

For my second pregnancy, a coexisting medical condition made it a very difficult pregnancy from the very beginning. Dr. Norrell and Yeshi were able to help me navigate through the toughest of those times with extraordinary availability and grace, along with Dr. Christian Tuan, who was my endocrinologist.

These are testaments to the extraordinary practitioners at St. Luke's Hospital, but also a testament to what a smaller community hospital can provide. As a health professional, I know how difficult it is to provide personal and exceptional care. St. Luke's does this, and provides such services to its immediate community. This is a model more hospitals and medical centers can follow.

Please do the right thing by keeping St. Luke's outpatient and inpatient services alive. Our community counts on it!

Sincerely,

Cynthia Li, MD

Staff Physician, Internal Medicine

San Francisco General Hospital, Clinic 4J

1001 Potrero AveSan Francisco, CA 94110

St Luke's is a blessing!

Christine Tweety Pyston

Me, my mom, and my step dad all use St. Luke’s. I have used the emergency room there. I do not want to have to go far away to the hospital. I don’t drive. I have migraine headaches, neck pain, leg pain. Also I am HIV positive and I have breathing problems.

I need this hospital.

Name omitted
San Francisco, CA 94110
Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center Senior Program

For the past 5 years I go to St. Luke’s every 3-6 months. The closure of St. Luke’s would be very serious.

I don’t know where I would go for my care if St. Luke’s closed.

Roselee Higdon
San Francisco, CA 94110
Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center Senior Program

I live in Bernal Heights and I have been going to St. Luke's since 1947.
St. Luke’s is close to my home and my children were born at St. Luke’s. I don’t have a car and it so would be hard for me to go across town to the hospital without St. Luke’s

Julia Yim
San Francisco, CA 94110
Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center Senior Program

Mi Familia ha estado en St. Luke’s por 15 años. Es mas conveniente tener un hospital cerca donde vivo, porque en una emergencia me atenderan rapido, en casos de emergencia lleveran los paramedicos a mi madre a este hospital. La atendieron muy bien en este hospital a mi madre, el servicio es excelente tanto los doctores como las enfermeras, les suplico no lo cierren

My family has used St. Luke’s for 15 years. It is more convenient to have a hospital near where I live. Because n an emergency I would be seen quickly. When there was an emergency the paramedics took my mother to this hospital. They were attentive to her in the hospital. The service is excellent; The doctors as well as the nurses. I am begging please don’t close it.

Piedad Dennos
San Francisco, CA 94110
Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center Senior Program