In response to a massive projected increase in the number of seniors in the county, a new. 97-bed assisted-living home for the elderly is being planned across from the new Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame.The Peninsula Health Care District, owner of the 1-acre plot at 1600 Trousdale Ave. where the home would be built, approved the plan last week and identified Aegis Living as the developer and operator of the proposed facility, district CEO Cheryl Fama said. Read More
Some 200 patients will be moved into the new $618 million Mills-Peninsula Medical Center later this month, one hospital bed at a time.
The hospital is finalizing plans for a tightly choreographed opening-day move of all of its patients and staff from the original 1954 Peninsula Medical Center, which will be torn down, to the new hospital down the hill. Read More
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin is touring two hospitals in San Mateo County on Tuesday to learn about their work with minority communities and their use of electronic medical records.Benjamin will first visit the Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame from 11:15 a.m. to noon to learn about the hospital’s African American Community Health Advisory Committee, county officials said. Read More
