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It tells of the opening of Alta Bates Sanatorium in Berkeley in 1905, the zoning of Pill Hill for a medical center in 1960, and the introduction of the East Bay's first methadone maintenance program for heroin addicts at Herrick in 1971.

The medical center is the East Bay's largest private, not-for-profit medical center and an affiliate of Sutter Health. Alta Bates Summit's 100 year tradition of commitment and service continues today, with recognition as one of the nation's top hospitals for clinical excellence and patient safety.

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center offers comprehensive services designed to meet the healthcare needs of the diverse communities of the greater East Bay Area. The medical center is the East Bay's largest private, not-for-profit medical center and an affiliate of Sutter Health.

In 2015, Sutter Health announced that it would close Alta Bates by 2030. Sutter, which invested $662 million in new facilities and technology across Northern California in 2019, claimed it would not be cost effective to retrofit the facility to meet required seismic standards.

The closure of Alta Bates was prompted by a California law requiring all hospitals to meet stricter seismic standards by 2030. Like many other hospitals in the state, Alta Bates was constructed before seismic safety regulations were as stringent as they are today.

For babies who are born prematurely or need additional medical care, the hospital has a 55-bed level III newborn intensive care unit (NICU).

Our number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is inching up. Meanwhile, Berkeley's only acute care hospital, Alta Bates Medical Summit ? the largest private, not-for-profit medical center in the East Bay ? is slated to be closed by the end of the decade.