2026-09-02 FIN Recording Trimmed
Oct 7, 2026 · 2 hr 2 min · 11 segments
2026-09-02 FIN Recording Trimmed by Alameda Health System
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Oct 7, 2026 · 2 hr 2 min · 11 segments
2026-09-02 FIN Recording Trimmed by Alameda Health System
Alex ChenGuestJames LynGuestSure.
Um, I'll set a timer for three minutes.
That's fine.
It'll be sixty seconds.
Oh, please.
Uh, I'm Dr. Russo.
I'm the division chief for community emergency medicine.
This is...
Do you want me to stand in front?
Mm-hmm.
Cool.
This is my second time actually in this room talking about this issue.
Um, this is the second time we've had extensive downtimes of a CT scanner at Alameda Hospital, the second time within twelve months.
Uh, our emergency physicians who oversee this stroke center have been on diversion for this past full week.
Uh, we were promised after the first downtime that there'd be action to improve our ability both to respond to downtime and improve, and, and prevent, frankly, downtimes with the scanner that has not materialized.
Um, I personally have taken care of several people who have been severely harmed by this downtime, and I really want this organization to take this a little bit more seriously.
We've been t- we've been told by operations that we'll have better plans.
Those have not materialized.
The physicians have, for the most part, managed the operational concerns around this.
And when we went to those operational folks, um, during a, a large meeting the other day and asked what their contingency plans were, they said, "We don't really have any." Um, as physicians at this organization, I've been here ten years.
I worked at all three campuses.
As a senior surgeon said, "You can't practice emergency medicine this way." So we really want folks to take this seriously.
We're at risk of losing our stroke certification.
Sure.
Um, I'll set a timer for three minutes.
That's fine.
It'll be sixty seconds.
Oh, please.
Uh, I'm Dr. Russo.
I'm the division chief for community emergency medicine.
This is...
Do you want me to stand in front?
Mm-hmm.
Cool.
This is my second time actually in this room talking about this issue.
Um, this is the second time we've had extensive downtimes of a CT scanner at Alameda Hospital, the second time within twelve months.
Uh, our emergency physicians who oversee this stroke center have been on diversion for this past full week.
Uh, we were promised after the first downtime that there'd be action to improve our ability both to respond to downtime and improve, and, and prevent, frankly, downtimes with the scanner that has not materialized.
Um, I personally have taken care of several people who have been severely harmed by this downtime, and I really want this organization to take this a little bit more seriously.
We've been t- we've been told by operations that we'll have better plans.
Those have not materialized.
The physicians have, for the most part, managed the operational concerns around this.
And when we went to those operational folks, um, during a, a large meeting the other day and asked what their contingency plans were, they said, "We don't really have any." Um, as physicians at this organization, I've been here ten years.
I worked at all three campuses.
As a senior surgeon said, "You can't practice emergency medicine this way." So we really want folks to take this seriously.
We're at risk of losing our stroke certification.
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