At Chinese Hospital in the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown, the kitchen serves jook, rice porridge, and macaroni soup with diced ham. Doctors, nurses, and staff speak Cantonese and Mandarin. And around Lunar New Year, grateful patients drop off gifts of tea, oranges, and moon cakes.
Ninety years ago, at a time when other hospitals in San Francisco discriminated against the Chinese, denying treatment, community leaders banded together to create this space.
Read the full article.
Vanessa Hua, “Chinese Hospital Gives New Meaning To Family Medicine”, NBC News, 26 May 2015
© 2023 Chinese Hospital | chinesehospital-sf.org. Chinese Hospital reserves the right to prohibit, restrict, or discontinue your access to certain pages within the website if you violate any terms of this agreement. The information provided here is designed to support—not replace—your relationship with your physician.