Yes, indeed.. The SP General Hospital was in San Francisco opposite the Golden Gate Park panhandle area..
BUT, there was a "local" hospital unit within West Oakland Yard itself. When you either walked or drove your car in a Westerley direction from 7th & Cedar Street down to the dead end opposite the old Diesel Shop, West Oakland Tower would have been on your RIGHT...
On your "LEFT" was an old wooden building that with the color of the wood and overall style, resembled a typical SP depot such as FRUITVALE, for example..
THAT building just described was the old "WEST OAKLAND DISPENSARY"-- an integral part of the overall SP hospital system... Several years ago, I once lived on 32nd Street in West Oakland, and remember seeing this place. One of my neighbors worked in the Coach Yard and every now and then would pick up a couple of bottles of "dark liquid" from the Dispensary and bring it home. He told me once it was "GALEN-B" ... I don't know what that is, does anyone ??
Was it some form of magical elixir or vitamin tonic or what ??
Anyway, that is the story of the West Oakland Dispensary...

CRY