St. Rose Hospital is an independent, non-profit

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located in

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. It is a designated

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receiving center in the

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emergency medical services system, and provides basic emergency medical services.

History

The hospital opened in 1962. It has dedicated itself to treating some of the poorest and sickest patients of the East Bay since its inception.Hayward's ailing St. Rose Hospital gets county aid
Carolyn Jones, ''

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'' In 2012 it was nearly bankrupt but was bailed out with $12 million from the county of Alameda,

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, and others. With Kaiser Hayward planning a relocation to

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, St. Rose will be the only hospital in the city. The hospital considered plans to either be taken over by

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, or Lex Reddy, formerly with the embattled

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, and the brother-in-law of

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. Reddy's firm, Alecto Healthcare Services, began managing St. Rose in 2013. On June 11, 2020, a

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outbreak was reported at the hospital infecting 37 healthcare workers.

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This hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas
A project by OSHPD
State of California Department of Health Care Services audit
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