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medical staff i'm writing to express support for the master plan. served as a member of the blue ribbon panel and can confirm they have revised plans to reform to the recommendations of the panel. in particular, cpmc has committed $250 million for the initial phase of rebuilding the st. luke's campus prucking an entirely new in-patient facility. it is also important to know that -- these recommendations were based on the analysis expressed by the community outreach task force as well. we who practice at st. louis -- will vastly improve the health care resources for necessary inpatien...

i have worked there 10 years. since i have been working at st. luke's, our patients have encountered many problems because of the age of the building. last month, the boiler and broke for a week. there was no way to wash the dishes. the water would not circulate. we had to give thermal blankets and portable water heaters to get through the cold winter nights. patients had to be moved from their rooms. the worst time was when the fourth floor had a fish smell. no one in our community should have to suffer in those conditions. and our patients deserve better than this. a new facility w...

-- i have spent most of my life doing patient care. you can say that it is my calling. i learned how to do this work when i was 17 years old. and as an orphan in the philippines. through this work, i have been blessed to be able to earn a living for myself and to raise my jounger sister. the care takes a lot of tenderness for patients with alzheimers disease. our patients require our utmost respect. at the current alzheimer's unit, we do our best to provide that. however it is difficult for us at the current hospital. it does not have proper facilities. we cannot use outdated equipme...

they have been receiving from the hospital in many cases longer than i. this rebuild is vital for our future's generations health, well-being. thank you for your time. please support the rebuilding of cpmc. thank you. >> congratulations, g >> good evening. my name is vanessa gutierrez and my daughter was a patient of cpmc. on may 2007 my 4-month-old daughter became very ill. after rerushed her to the e.r., at st. lukes doctors could not figure out what was wrong with her. the next day she was diagnosed with a condition where her intestines were tangled and she was going to need immed...