{"id":12758,"date":"2022-02-22T18:01:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T18:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinesehospital-sf.org\/?p=12758"},"modified":"2022-07-28T18:04:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T18:04:12","slug":"ktvu-fox-2-interviewchinese-hospital-founded-in-san-francisco-due-to-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesehospital-sf.org\/ktvu-fox-2-interviewchinese-hospital-founded-in-san-francisco-due-to-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"KTVU FOX 2 INTERVIEW:
Chinese Hospital founded in San Francisco due to discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Henry Lee
\nPublished February 22, 2022<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco’s only independent hospital, the Chinese Hos[ital, started more than 120 years ago as a way to address discrimination in healthcare is today expanding its services.<\/p>\n

Chinese Hospital, in the heart of Chinatown, opened back in 1899 as a dispensary, as a result of anti-Asian discrimination.<\/p>\n

“When they were sick, they were actually not allowed to go to the mainstream hospitals,” said Jian Zhang, the hospital’s CEO. “They were united and said, \u2018Let\u2019s build our own.’ ”<\/p>\n

Fast forward to today. ‘<\/p>\n

Zhang says so much has changed, yet some things stay the same.<\/p>\n

“They blamed Chinese for bringing in or spread tuberculosis, and now, 120 years later, they blame Chinese for bringing in COVID,” she said.<\/p>\n

Zhang recently gave KTVU a tour of the hospital on Jackson Street.<\/p>\n

She says it’s the only independent hospital left in San Francisco. It offers medical, surgical, and specialty care and also has a 24-hour emergency room.<\/p>\n

Some rooms boast scenic views.<\/p>\n

Each floor has its own unique pastel color. The second floor is peach.<\/p>\n

“This is the skilled nursing facility. It was built \u2013 but not opened \u2013 in 2016,” Zhang said of the second floor.<\/p>\n

“When the coronavirus first showed up in 2020, the state needed more beds \u2013 quickly. The hospital helped out.<\/p>\n

“We quickly got this floor licensed so we could take patients from Zuckerberg SF General Hospital,” Zhang said.<\/p>\n

Then-Assemblymember David Chiu helped out with the licensing. He also got all three of his covid shots here.<\/p>\n

But so much was unknown when covid first reared its head.<\/p>\n

“I could say it was a nightmare, actually,” Zhang said.<\/p>\n

But the hospital was able to limit the number of COVID cases with an education and prevention campaign. It set up a trilingual hotline in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. It offered COVID testing.<\/p>\n

They got calls from worried people across the country.<\/p>\n

But even in San Francisco, the anti-Asian discrimination was harder to fend off.<\/p>\n

“Our employees received a lot of you know when they take public transportation, they were yelled at and told to go back to China,” Zhang said.<\/p>\n

Zhang says the science is clear.<\/p>\n

“Coronavirus is a virus. It can infect anybody regardless of your color. It had nothing to with Chinese,” she said. “It’s not right to call it a Chinese virus.”<\/p>\n

And Chinese Hospital is at the forefront in the ongoing fight against covid.<\/p>\n

“There are so many Chinese or Asian providers out there, front-line workers out there fighting against coronavirus, right, so we are very much part of the contributor actually,” she said.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][nectar_btn size=”large” open_new_tab=”true” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”Read the Article” url=”https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/discrimination-led-to-founding-of-chinese-hospital-in-sf”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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