Doctor’s Medical Center faces grim prognosis
What would happen if West Contra Costa County's largest hospital was forced to shut its doors or seriously downgrade its emergency room operations? It would be very bad, according to a study released...
View ArticleWest County voters to decide on parcel tax to save Doctors Medical Center
Residents of West Contra Costa County will vote this fall on a special parcel tax to support the ailing Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo. The five-member West Contra Costa County Healthcare...
View ArticleHealthy Steps: A hospital administrator’s struggle to save Doctors Medical...
Dawn Gideon remembers walking down the steep stadium steps of the Ashland Regional Medical Center auditorium, staring at the backs of the heads of 100 hospital workers, each step taking her closer to...
View ArticleFinancially struggling Richmond hospital seeks partnership
Luis Moreno brought his 17-year-old stepdaughter to Doctors Medical Center last Monday after she missed two days of school due to flu symptoms. She is not a Richmond resident—she lives in Pinole—but...
View ArticleContra Costa County offers loan forgiveness to Doctors Medical Center
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors agreed to forgive about $9 million in repayment debt from struggling Doctors Medical Center (DMC) over the next three to five years. Supervisors John Gioia...
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