dr. ken barnes had prepared. he wasn't able to make it today. dr. barnes programmed for 30 years at saint lukes and was involved in the early days in the save saint lukes coalition and part of our coalition. i won't read it all even with three minutes. in the discussions we've had so far, when the senior center of excellence at saint lukes hospital, it's reinvolved around the acute care for the elderly or ace program, which is for hospital based seniors which we think is a good program. it is certainly consistent with the development agreement. i want to pick up dr. barnes' temperature where i think we're talking about trying to expand that vision. and i'll just read it. such a programs envision by cpmc is hospitalized older adults. this is commend able and something we support we believe you must ask the goals and scope of a center. the vision goes much deeper. providing seniors the whole range of services for primary care to specialty care, skilled nursing, after discharge from the hospital and community and hospital based. access to rcfes and acc

dr. ken barnes, that outlines the coalition's expectations for what a center of excellence should look like. the fifth issue, also identified by the health department, has to do with the commitment to serve 1500 residents of the tenderloin on medical-managed healthcare to provide specialty and hospital care to those patients. in the city reported indicated that only 180 tenderloin residents have signed up. today's presentation said it's only 170. for several years, saint anthony's has been given funds from the innovation funds to do recruitment. the coalition has suggested on a number of times there are additional steps the city's public-health department can take and cpmc could take in order to publicist the availability of those services, perhaps to provide transportation if that is the impediment leading people not to chose the saint anthony's managed service organizations. the sixth issue is in the realm of entry level operations hiring. where it is entirely correct more than 40% of the hires are coming from the first force hiring program. but the way more important closer look that we

. >> in late 2002, perhaps sensing time was not on her side, phyllis barnes hired personal injury lawyer ken allen to sue dr for negligence and malpractice. >> phyllis had the classic signs and symptoms of throat cancer. she was a smoker for many years. she had a cough that wouldn't go away, sore throat, hoarseness. these are things that a first year medical student would recognize as signs and symptoms of throat cancer or laryngeal cancer. weinberger didn't pay attention. >> i'm the youngest, phyllis and there's my daughter shawn and my husband couldn't come down. >> the soft, southern voice that had once been phyllis' calling card was gone. >> my co-workers are so used to me talking like this that people are always going to give me a look like, what's basically wrong with you? >> in a video deposition given shortly after the lawsuit was filed, phyllis spoke in a flat, robotic voice about her cancer and her struggle to live a normal life. >> some days i have to suction out my lungs if they're congested. >> the stakes could not have been higher. shawn, phyllis' only child, had recently lost her father to ca