In a History of the Sacramento Medical Center, dated April, 1976, it is stated that, "On October 6, 1849 1949 , Drs. W. Deal and J. S. Martin opened Sutter’s Fort Hospital - within the fort."  We know that General Sutter had sold the fort to William Bayly in late 1849 1949 and moved to his Hock farm. Another recent article on Sutter’s Fort says that the hospital was in operation during 1849-1850 in the southeast bastion of the fort. The wording “within the fort” must be to distinguish this from a small, separate adobe building used by Sutter as a hospital. In December, 1849, the Sacramento Union newspaper carried the following ad: Sutter’s Fort Hospital Inside the Fort, formerly conduct

The situation with health care is getting worse faster than the federal health overhaul is going to make it better, said a group of doctors lobbying for government-run, universal health coverage, who spoke on the steps of the Capitol Monday. “We’re headed for disaster, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has not helped at all,” said Dr. Paul Hochfeld, a emergency room physician who founded the group, which calls itself the Mad as Hell Doctors. The federal health care reforms adopted earlier this year require states to set up insurance pools to provide affordable coverage to those who do not have it now. It is estimated that the pools will extend coverage to 32 million unin

Ever since President Barak Obama’s health care overhaul was passed by Congress in March, health care reform has been moved off the front pages, and discussion has died away. But next week it’s coming back, to Sacramento at least. A group of doctors is touring the state, visiting 22 cities and holding informational colloquies to push for a single-payer system that would provide medical coverage for all. They call themselves the Mad as Hell Doctors, and they are calling themselves that in earnest. They say they are mad because the discussion of reform of the health care system has been co-opted by industry: insurance companies, drug companies and for-profit health care systems. The indust

SACRAMENTO – Mayor Kevin Johnson insists Sacramento’s popular Second Saturday art walk is alive and well, and this month includes a different kind of gallery to tour: a medical building. “For anyone who thinks Second Saturday is dead, it’s not,” the mayor said during a press conference Tuesday for the grand opening of the Sutter Capitol Pavilion at 2725 Capitol Ave. “Sutter is opening up its new medical facility to the public for Second Saturday in order to showcase its art installation and the local artists who created the pieces.” The public open house is billed as “Art & Medicine” and will feature tours of the artwork installed throughout the medical office building and outpatient ser

Regardless of the smoldering controversy cannabis stirs up in Sacramento City Hall, the state Capitol and Washington D.C., the global scientific community has examined the drug with increasing interest recently. Local patients and doctors can't say enough about the groundbreaking potential of THC as a pharmaceutical. There's a fairly large medical cannabis community in Sacramento, of patients, caregivers and researchers. Some dispensaries work directly with patients and doctors to bridge the gap between medical knowledge and social support. Sacramento resident Thomas Coy has worked with the Capitol Wellness dispensary since it opened in 2004. He's a patient, an activist and a 28-year s

Please join us for the 29th Annual UC Davis Wine Tasting and Auction Benefit for the Student-Run Free Clinics. Several clinics around Sacramento serve the community’s indigent population, providing care to those who might otherwise go without. At the same time, the clinics provide an environment in which medical students not only learn valuable skills, but also develop an appreciation for discrepancies in the healthcare system, Sacramento’s cultural diversity, and the way in which a healthcare provider can affect change in the community.  Every weekend, UC Davis medical and undergraduate students work side-by-side with volunteer physicians at seven free clinics:  Bayanihan Clinic, Clinica