Blue Ribbon Panel Being Formed to Save St. Luke's: Press Conference 11 AM January 23

Dear Doctors:

Supervisor Alioto-Pier and Dr. Mitch Katz will host a press conference tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. in front of St. Luke's Hospital. The pressc onference will outline the creation of a Blue Ribbon Panel with the goal to keep St. Luke's open as a viable acute care hospital.

Both the Supervisor and Dr. Katz have reached an agreement with CPMC on a process to maintain St. Luke's. Key leaders in health care, such as yourselves, as well as business, community and labor leaders (including CNA and SEIU) will be invited to participate in the Blue Ribbon Panel to develop a plan to basically save St. Luke's.

More will be revealed at the press conference tomorrow but we wanted to inform you as soon as we could. We are hopeful that this is a very positive step in the right direction. Both Supervisor Alioto-Pier and Dr.Katz will participate in the Panel and remain adamant that the goal of the panel must be a viable hospital with an emergency department, acute cares ervices and anything else that will infuse vitality into St. Luke's.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me on my cell phone at 925-285-6041 or my direct line at 554-7720. I hope to see you tomorrow.

Sincerely,

Catherine Stefani
Legislative Aide
Office of Supervisor Alioto-Pier
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 224
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
Phone: (415) 554-7752 Fax: (415)554-7843