Updates

Staff gathered September 2024 for the much-awaited grand (re)opening of the ICU Family Room. "This is such an important space for families to have while their loved ones are in the ICU.

Every nurse at ZSFG truly makes a difference. They provide quality care to the patient community and are committed to the well-being of everyone, every day.

Last month, we featured the beautiful art sculpture that one of our ICU Charge Nurses, Nora King, created for San Francisco General Hospital Foundation’s Hearts in SF auction. Her art piece and story got a lot of love – especially from her MICU family. So much so that they secretly brought it home to ZSFG to surprise Nora after winning the bid as a team.

Since its inception almost 50 years ago, OTOP has used a combination of medication treatment, counseling services, harm reduction services, psychiatric care, specialty HIV care, and on-site hepatitis C treatment to address the many needs of our fellow S.F. residents.

This month we're commemorating 40 years since the first #AIDS case. This collaborative effort became known worldwide & saved millions of lives. UCSF curated a space w/ stories & perspectives on the AIDS epidemic & its parallel to today's COVID-19 pandemic.

In honor of National Nurses Week, we want to thank all the nurses and staff who have worked long hours to get our community protected from COVID-19 and help us get through the pandemic. At ZSFG, we’ve administered more than 110,000 vaccines since December!

Today we’re celebrating one million COVID-19 vaccines in San Francisco! At ZSFG, we’ve contributed about 120,000 doses. Thank you, San Francisco. Together we achieved an amazing milestone in our fight against COVID-19.

On #NationalDoctorsDay, we show our appreciation and support to doctors who have given so much to get us through COVID-19. Many risked their lives to protect our families, friends, neighbors, and ourselves. At ZSFG, this year completely validated the heart and resilience of our team.

In honor of Black History Month, we’re celebrating by recognizing the achievements made by Black/African Americans with a gallery displayed in our Mezzanine. We encourage learning more about Black/African American contributions in medical advances.

After a seven-year hiatus, a pair of paintings by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera have returned to the new Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. During construction of the new hospital building, the paintings were shown locally and internationally, from the SF Museum of Modern Art to exhibitions in Mexico, Rome, Berlin, and Vienna, and were then carefully packed away in storage awaiting their reinstallation in the new lobby.