John George Psychiatric Hospital , previously John George Psychiatric Pavilion , also known as John George Psychiatric Emergency Room , John George Hospital or John George , is a psychiatric hospital located in San Leandro , in Alameda County, California . It is operated by the Alameda Health System .
4-476: It is located near Fairmont Hospital and the county Juvenile Justice Center . It opened in 1992 and was named after County Supervisor John George to honor his advocacy for mentally ill people. It has an 80-bed capacity. In November 2003, a doctor at the facility, Erlinda Ursua, died there and a patient, a 38-year-old female was charged with murder. The female patient pled not guilty in 2005. No criminal charges were later filed. This article relating to
8-536: A Democratic Party club was formed and also named after George, the John George Democratic Club whose goals are "In his memory and in an effort to keep his voice and vision alive in the Democratic Party." George is described as the leading proponent of the health care, welfare, and workers' rights of all County citizens, an early activist in the struggle for civil rights and affirmative action and
12-561: A hospital in California is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Alameda County, California building and structure-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . John George (California politician) John George (d.o.b./d.o.d unknown) was a Californian politician and the first African American elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors . George served as supervisor for
16-658: The Alameda County 's District 5 for over ten years from December 1976 to January 1989. A psychiatric hospital administered by the Alameda County Medical Center , the John George Psychiatric Pavilion opened in 1992 and was named after George to honor his advocacy for the mentally ill. George had stated "My people [African Americans] were the first laboratory animals in America." In October 1989
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