“During her tenure on the Board, Wilma’s efforts helped ensure that our public health systems thrived and continued to serve people where there is the greatest need. Alameda Health System (AHS) is a major public health care provider and medical training institutionSee this and similar jobs on. “From the time I first met Wilma over 40 years ago until her untimely passing, she was deeply devoted to serving the community and working towards greater equity, especially when it came to accessing health care,” board President Keith Carson said in a written statement. Chan was struck and killed in Alameda Calif., on Wednesday morning Nov. OAKLAND, CA – JUNE 17: File photo: Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan photographed during a visit by California Governor Gavin Newsom in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 17, 2021.
She was the first chair of the Alameda County Children and Families Commission, and had served four years on the California Medical Assistance Commission board. RELATED: California AG pulls out of legal fight over appointment to Wilma Chan’s seatĬhan chaired the board’s health committee during her tenure and was involved in the creation of Alameda County’s First 5 Commission and expansion of health services at Peralta Community Colleges. The name change is a fitting honor for a county supervisor who made health care accessibility one of her main goals, the board concluded. College of Medicine and completed an internal medicine residency, primary care track, at Alameda Health System Highland Hospital in Oakland, California.
The venerable trauma center will be called Wilma Chan Highland Hospital, the Board of Supervisors unanimously decided Tuesday. OAKLAND - Highland Hospital’s name soon will be modified to include that of former Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, who was fatally hit by a car last fall while walking her dog.
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