Facebook CEO Donates $75 Million to San Francisco Hospital

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SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco General Hospital Foundation is getting a historic grant of $75 million from Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan’s donor-advised fund at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation for San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (The General).

The General is the city’s only trauma center. The grant is the largest single gift the foundation has received since it was established in 1994. It is also believed to be the largest private gift from individuals to a public hospital in the U.S.

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Medical Laboratory Handling System

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The EXCM mini-H gantry is a revolutionary desktop handling system for medical laboratory automation. The planar surface gantry system is fast, accurate, modular and flexible. It is also plug-and-play for quick and easy start-up. Typical applications include transfer of micro-well plates, liquid dispensing/pipetting with the addition of a Z-axis, sample preparation and transport, barcode-based sample identification, sample distribution, and aspirating, incubating, dispensing, and archiving of samples.

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LifePoint Acquires Nason Hospital

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ROARING SPRING, Pa. — LifePoint Hospitals, a health care provider based in Brentwood, Tenn., and the board of directors at Nason Hospital in Roaring Spring, Pa., announced on Feb. 2 that LifePoint has finalized the acquisition of Nason Hospital.

As part of the acquisition, Nason Hospital has become part of Johnstown, Pa.-based Conemaugh Health System. Together with LifePoint and Conemaugh, Nason will enhance and expand the services it provides and work to improve health care throughout its region.

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Women Pick Top Hospitals for Heart Care

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tens of thousands of women have chosen their top hospitals taking care of their hearts. The Women’s Choice Awards for America’s Best Hospitals for Heart Care, announced Jan. 29, recognize top U.S. hospitals that are meeting strict criteria that consider patient satisfaction, clinical excellence and what women say they want from a hospital.

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Cleaner and Deodorizer

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Betco announced a new addition to its BioActive Solutions product line. BioActive Solutions DnD expands the opportunity to leave a lasting impression of cleanliness in the dirtiest of locations. DnD is a citrus fragranced foaming Dock-n-Dumpster cleaner, which is ideal for cleaning and deodorizing organic waste.

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