A rally held at noon on Wednesday outside St. Luke's hospital was the latest act of staged drama over California Pacific Medical Center's development plans in San Francisco. It drew about 50 hospital staff members, including an endocrinologist and a gerontologist. In June, union and community groups staged a rally on the steps of San Francisco's City Hall to demand more from the hospital, as The Bay Citizen reported. Not ......

Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center is denying claims made by the California Nurses Association (CNA) that it discriminates in hiring Filipino and foreign-graduate nurses. Three employees of St. Luke’s Hospital, a Sutter affiliate in San Francisco, have filed complaints charging that between 2007 and 2009 an informal no-hiring policy kept out Filipino nurses. Dr. Warren Browner, CEO of CPMC, contends the allegations are “dishonest and without merit,” reports Nicholas ......