a great organization and a walk for mental health

this Saturday, Oct. 1st. You could volunteer there and learn more about their resources and the mental health issues people face.

more information on the fatal error at summit hospital

Oh dear!!! It's tragic. Read here.

Horrible death due to medical error

You may have heard about this. The nurses were on a one day strike and then they were locked out (not allowed back) until tomorrow. A patient with cancer was given the wrong medication and died.

Thanks to Jenny for this link

Lots of information on checking what symptoms might lead to.

People who provide care for loved ones...

have a lot of stress and related illnesses. Read the article.
Take care of yourselves.

health care jobs

See what you can find.

Health programs at City College

Click on here and then go to the guide on the right side that says pdf and click on there. The health programs are on pages 8 and 9.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

You can watch this video and learn more about it.

some videos about elder care

These videos talk about moving patients from hospitals/nursing homes back to home.

volunteering possibilities

Websites: www.sfccc.org/volunteers (Community Clinic Consortium- specifically for health care)

www.thevolunteercenter.net (all kinds of volunteer positions, including playing mah jong with

seniors at On Lok Senior Center!)

www.volunteerinfo.org ( a very long list of volunteer possibilities)

Please forgive me if the phone numbers or contact people are incorrect or not up-to-date. I apologize.

Service Provider	Contact Information	Contact person	Services/Languages/Notes
Glide Health Clinic	330 Ellis St. Room 403 674-6140	Kris Johnson 674-6080	All services/All languages
St. Anthony’s Free Medical Clinic	121 Golden Gate Ave. 241-8320	Edwin Rodriguez, Education Outreach Coordinator 592-2727 Varsha Chauhan 592-2711	Wants a 4-8 hour weekly commitment M-F A variety of services Cantonese, Lao, Mandarin, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Spanish
NICOS Chinese Health Coalition	1208 Mason Street 788-6426		Cantonese, Mandarin
San Francisco General Hospital	995 or 1001 Potrero 206-8000 ask for volunteer office or for Refugee Services 364-7650/206-8608	Shieva Khayan-Bashi 206-3518	Urgent Care. Refugee services, HIV/AIDS, Teen clinic/ many languages
St Luke’s Hospital Volunteer Services	Cesar Chavez and Valencia 647-8600	Grace D’Anca	Hospital/Clinic Primarily Spanish/English
Latina Breast Cancer Agency	6 Monterey Boulevard 584-3444	Misty Alverado, Program Manager	Spanish/English
Clinica de Martin-Baro or Carecen	1245 Alabama St. 206-4058 (on Saturdays) Carecen 642-4400	Rene Salazar	Spanish
Women’s Community Clinic	2166 Hayes St. Suite 104 379-7800	Barbara Finn 379-7802 ext.302 (volunteer coordinator)	Women’s clinic English/Spanish, interpreters
Centro Familiar de La Mision (SF Dept. of Public Health)	759 South Van Ness, Second floor.415-642-4550		Counseling Spanish/English
Tom Waddell Clinic	50 Ivy Street 335-7400		homeless people, dental clinic, HIV, transgender
Chinatown Public Health Center	1490 Mason at Broadway 364-7600		Public health clinic Cantonese, Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Maxine Hall Health Center	1301 Pierce at Ellis 292-1300		Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog
CCSF Project SURVIVE	Ocean Campus 239-3899	Leslie Simon	Presentations on healthy intimate relationships, Cantonese and Spanish
Regional Health Education Community Studies		Janey Skinner 405-0777 jeskinne@ccsf.edu
Curry Senior Center	333 Turk St 885-2274	Diedre Mullins	Spanish, Mandarin, Russian Vietnamese Cantonese,
Lyon-Martin Clinic	1748 Market	Alison Quring 901-7108	Services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community
Balboa Teen Clinic	1000 Cayuga Ave. 469-4512		Teenagers/ all languages
Haight Ashbury Free Clinic	558 Clayton St. 487-5632	Xiomara Rayo 487-5638 extension 103	Needs a one year commitment
New Generation Health Center	625 Potrero 502-8336		Women’s health/contraceptives
Planned Parenthood	815 Eddy St. 1-800-967-7526		Women’s health/contraceptives/abortion
Martin de Porres	225 Potrero 552-0240		Urgent care, Spanish
Women’s Community Clinic	2166 Hayes St. Suite 104 379-7800		Women’s health
San Francisco Free Clinic	4900 California 750-9894	Paula Martin 750-9087	Cantonese, Spanish, Mandarin, Russian and Vietnamese
Laguna Honda Hospital	375 Laguna Honda Boulevard 759-3333	www.lagunahonda volunteers.org	A variety of different ways to volunteer
Castro-Mission Health Center	3850 17th St. 487-7500		Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog, Cantonese, Mandarin
Mission Neighborhood Resource Center	165 Capp 869-7977		Primarily Spanish
Mission Neighborhood Health Centers	240 Shotwell 552-3870/Excelsior 4434 Mission, 406-1353		Primarily Spanish
Southeast Health Center	2401 Keith St. 671-7000		Spanish, Cantonese, Tagalog
North East Medical Services	1520 Stockton, 2308 Taraval, 82 Leland		Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Vietnamese
Street Level Health Project	250 International Blvd. Suite B 510-533-9906		Health services for Oakland’s day laborers/Spanish speaking
CCSF Student Health Center		Paula Cahill
TB Clinic, SFGH	2460 22nd at Potrero 206-8524		Cantonese, Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Russian
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness	730 Polk St. 4th floor 292-3400	Ruben Garcia 292-3420 ext. 324	HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Testing
Asian Perinatal Advocates	728-730 Commercial 616-9797	Amy Yu 616-9797	Family services, Asian Languagees
On Lok Senior Services