Kindred Hospital - San Francisco Bay Area is a 99-bed

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, US. The hospital is operated by

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based in

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History

The hospital that currently operates as Kindred Hospital- San Francisco Bay Area was founded in the early 1960s as San Leandro Memorial Hospital. In 1966, the hospital was purchased by a non-profit Christian based organization, the

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, and began operating as

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The Vesper Society continued to operate Vesper Memorial as a general acute care facility until 1984, when the hospital, along with sister facility,

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in nearby Hayward, was sold to Texas-based for profit

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in a $40 million transaction. In the mid-1990s, Vencor, Inc purchased the facility and converted it from a general acute care hospital to a

. In 2001, Vencor, Inc. changed its name to

and continues to operate the facility today.

References

External links

Official website
Hospitals in Alameda County, California Buildings and structures in San Leandro, California {{California-hospital-stub