Staff, families of patients and healthcare advocates rallied in front of the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland on Thursday, protesting the hospital’s decision to relocate specialized treatment clinics to its San Francisco branch.
Participants said the move creates barriers for patients to access care and raised questions about whether the hospital was appropriately using funds partially designated for pediatric services. But hospital officials say they are concentrating resources for highly specialized procedures so patients can receive the highest quality of care.
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