I sent the letter below after my daughter, Avila, was born in November 2006.
St. Luke’s is a treasure of integrative care for our city and even for the country. I wholeheartedly agree with Dr. Makely remarks. “San Francisco should lead the nation in finding solutions. Instead of closing St. Luke's in 2009 as has been proposed, the hospital should be revitalized and held up as an example of what a truly progressive city can achieve.”
--natasha
Martin Brotman, MD, President & Chief Executive Officer, andWilliam Miller, MD, Chief Medical Executive
St. Luke’s Hospital
3555 Cesar ChavezSan Francisco, CA 94110
January 8, 2007
Dear Dr. Brotman and Dr. Miller,
The card on our daughter’s crib read: “We Deliver Happiness,” and you certainly do.
Our experience giving birth to little Avila on November 21st, 2006 with you was more than we could have dreamed of. The care that you provide through Homestyle Midwifery is truly a unique treasure. If your intention is for childbirth and pre/post natal care at St. Luke’s to be both responsible and nurturing, knowledgeable and caring, leading-edge and celebratory, you have unquestionably accomplished it.
We know that your recent merger with CPMC, one of the top 50 hospitals in the nation, will bring a lot of benefit to St. Luke’s. Among the great contributions that you, in turn, will offer to CPMC is the way you honor pregnancy and childbirth through Homestyle Midwifery and your commitment to a gentler, warmer, home-like welcome to babies without compromise to state-of-the-art attention. Like most of the expectant parents we have met through Homestyle, my husband Stephane and I transferred to St. Luke’s care from CPMC, looking for this balance, which unfortunately has become a rarity in today’s childbirth options.
Our hope is that what you have started will spread throughout CPMC and become an example for hospitals throughout the nation and even around the world, offering expecting parents new options, previously unavailable and spreading your delivery of happiness. Please count on us for any support that we may be able to provide in this regard.
With our greatest appreciation,
Natasha and Stephane Giraudie
St. Luke’s is a treasure of integrative care for our city and even for the country. I wholeheartedly agree with Dr. Makely remarks. “San Francisco should lead the nation in finding solutions. Instead of closing St. Luke's in 2009 as has been proposed, the hospital should be revitalized and held up as an example of what a truly progressive city can achieve.”
--natasha
Martin Brotman, MD, President & Chief Executive Officer, andWilliam Miller, MD, Chief Medical Executive
St. Luke’s Hospital
3555 Cesar ChavezSan Francisco, CA 94110
January 8, 2007
Dear Dr. Brotman and Dr. Miller,
The card on our daughter’s crib read: “We Deliver Happiness,” and you certainly do.
Our experience giving birth to little Avila on November 21st, 2006 with you was more than we could have dreamed of. The care that you provide through Homestyle Midwifery is truly a unique treasure. If your intention is for childbirth and pre/post natal care at St. Luke’s to be both responsible and nurturing, knowledgeable and caring, leading-edge and celebratory, you have unquestionably accomplished it.
We know that your recent merger with CPMC, one of the top 50 hospitals in the nation, will bring a lot of benefit to St. Luke’s. Among the great contributions that you, in turn, will offer to CPMC is the way you honor pregnancy and childbirth through Homestyle Midwifery and your commitment to a gentler, warmer, home-like welcome to babies without compromise to state-of-the-art attention. Like most of the expectant parents we have met through Homestyle, my husband Stephane and I transferred to St. Luke’s care from CPMC, looking for this balance, which unfortunately has become a rarity in today’s childbirth options.
Our hope is that what you have started will spread throughout CPMC and become an example for hospitals throughout the nation and even around the world, offering expecting parents new options, previously unavailable and spreading your delivery of happiness. Please count on us for any support that we may be able to provide in this regard.
With our greatest appreciation,
Natasha and Stephane Giraudie
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