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Re: The history of Southern Pacific Hospital
Author: chris
Date: 07-23-2014 - 22:18

John West Wrote:
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> The SP Hospital Association's long time business
> manager wrote a history of the hospital and SP's
> medical activities..."Railroad Doctors, Hospitals
> and Associations" by Henry J. Short. Long out of
> print, I ran across a copy on eBay or Amazon,
> can't remember which. As a one time SP employee
> it was interesting reading. The the association
> and SP's medical department apparently was a
> pioneer in offering prepaid medical care, and was
> cutting edge in it's heyday. The railroad
> initially ran the hospitals itself, but eventually
> a separate association was formed to provide labor
> union representation. But as times changed the
> association went through some changes and
> eventually ended up filing bankruptcy.
>
> At one time or another SP had hospitals in SF,
> Sacramento, Tucson, and emergency clinics in
> Ogden, Alhambra (LA), Eugene, Taylor (LA), and
> Sparks.
>
> Thirty four railroads (or associations of
> railroads) ran hospitals, and apparently the very
> first was Central Pacific starting in 1867.
>
> JBWX
We used the Santa Fe hospital in Los Angeles as SP employees. Early 70's.

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