terry frye. i agree with everything the coalition for health planning has said tonight. i would like to say also that i am a resident of san francisco for 41 years. 16 of those have been in the tenderloin. for 20 years, i have been a patient at st. luke's. for 15 years, i had the same doctor. two years ago, he retired from the clinic. then they dropped me as a patient for my failure to establish a doctor-patient relationship. when i complained about the inappropriate actions of the new doctor in the exam room, they never even asked me what they were. you will be getting a letter about that. two years ago, maybe three years ago, i had an mri. i was lying on the pad and it was so lumpy i asked the technician, "is this something new where they put metal things in the pad for a double reading ?" he said, "notes. that is just what they give us." i wonder if this is a sign of the times were the inferior equipment will be at st. luke's while the good equipment is here. it is a large hospital which has no business being in such a congested area. i hear so many people here from o