The complexity and importance of sustaining people’s lives and well being has often made the fair and adequate provision of health care a central concern for both policy makers and the public alike.  While there are currently many individuals and organizations within San Francisco’s Chinatown who provide health care and social services through creative and innovative ways that respond to the community’s needs, the number of such well-developed, culturally sensitive services did not always exist.  In its early days, San Francisco’s Chinese community faced considerable barriers to accessing even the most minimum of health care services.  It took the pioneering efforts of dedicated individuals and organizations to establish the resources and capacity from which San Francisco’s Chinatown has grown.
On October 26, 2009, Chinese Hospital and Chinese-American Citizens Alliance will co-sponsor a public lecture on the early history of health care in San Francisco Chinatown, including the early history of the founding and development of Chinese Hospital, one of the community’s first and largest health care providers.  All members of the community are invited to attend. The lecture will be given in English.  RSVP is required.
ABOUT THE EVENT:
What: Bridging the East-west Divide: Genesis of the First Chinese Hospital in America.
Speaker: Dr. Guenter B. Risse, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Former chair of UCSF’s History of Health Sciences Department
When: Mon. 10/26, 6-8pm
Where: C.A.C.A. Main Hall, 1044 Stockton Street, San Francisco, CA
Contact: For more information, and to RSVP, please call (415) 677-2309.
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