>> what are the other types of services she accesses at the sfgeneral? are there other services? >> >> and okay... she does go to other services but the main service is dialysis. >> okay. >> why can't you they have a department for dialysis? and also, she feels that she just opposed to this idea. of moving to laguna honda. >> let me just make sure that she gets her message is cross. >> sf general is such a big hospital, why can't she figure this out and otherwise, right now they are burdening the patients this is not the patient's burden. this should be a decision made at sf, general which you would have the management who should think on behalf of the patients and the patients should not burden this. >> thank you very much. >> and on top of that, i want to emphasize one thing, she does go to other services because due to her dialysis she has, and she needs to check on the liver and the lung, and all kinds of services that we use from the san francisco general hospital. >> okay. >> and as her son, i do want to say my part. i just work graveyard last night to 7:00 a.m. in the morni

and so can you walk me through the steps of you know, how, did you explore the possibility of staying at sfgeneral and sort-what did that exploration look like? >> absolutely. so, if we had it within our power the facility will remain at sfgh, meaning that if we had the space to put it and i know that both of you have been to sfgh and done tours, and we are definitely landlocked so some have said, well when the new hospital opens why not move the center into part of the old hospital? which is a valid question. and which, could probably work. however it is going to be a matter of timing, the new hospital is set to begin operations in december of 2015. with people moving out of the current hospital at the beginning of 2015. so about a eleven to 12 month process to move the people out and then there has to be renovations, and configurations of a space to accommodate. and there also has to be the funding to pay for that. and as you also know, dph, there is a plan to make that old building an amblatory facility similar to dialysis in terms of moving other clinics on the campus into that building. but a

the most well done hearing. and >> and speaking out in a constructive manner to make things better not just for themselves and at sfgeneral and i am pleased that you have listened and i hope that miss garcia and mr. pierce and others are listen and that is a critical element in decision making before it comes to us, and we don't have to have a hearing like this to bring that out. and appreciative of your responsiveness and thank you so much. >> and director wanted me to let you and the group know she would have been here had not been for pressing issues in the mayor's office. but she is wants you to know that she is committed to taking any action, and that we make sure that we do what is in the best interest of the patients and so please know that director garcia does support that. and she does join me. >> and so mr, pickens if i may, first of all, you know, one of the things that is really hard for all of us, to do, i think that it is human nature is to admit when a mistake is made and so i give a lot of credit to you and to the department for making that acknowledgment and for listening and i think that, you know, kutos