San Francisco General Hospital
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San Francisco General Hospital is the main public hospital in San Francisco, California, and the only Level I Trauma Center serving San Francisco and San Mateo. The hospital budget is for only 302 beds at SFGH. The University of California at San Francisco staffs it with 2,000 doctors and associated researchers. The hospital, especially its Ward 86, was instrumental in treating and identifying early cases of AIDS. The original brick main building was replaced with a concrete one in the 1972[citation needed]; four remaining five-story edifices are among the tallest brick buildings in the city. The hospital is located on Potrero Avenue between the Mission District and Potrero Hill; Highway 101 rounds its east side at “Hospital Curve.”
Because it is the only Level I Trauma Center in the area, the hospital maintains a very high patient volume and is usually on a constant "Total Divert" status, which means that incoming emergency patients (with the exception of trauma, psychiatric, pediatrics, and obstetrics) are diverted to other nearby hospitals.
