The 10 Largest Hospitals in California USA

est hospitals in California focus on qualityMagazine. It is the largest hospital district in San
healthcare services and state-of-the-art medicalDiego, serving 850 square miles. US News &
facilities.World Report recognized it as an outstanding
The ten largest hospitals in California are givencardiac care facility and it received a Medal of
below.Honor for commitment to organ donations. It
USC Medical Center (also known as County USC)provides wide range of health services in its two
is one of the largest hospitals in California. It hashospitals with 319 beds and a trauma center.
800 beds, serving and providing a full range ofChildren’s Hospital Central California
emergency, inpatient and outpatient services.occupies 50 acres in land area and employs over
Obstetrical, gynecological, pediatric and specialized450 physicians. It is the second largest
neonatal intensive care services are provided tochildren’s hospital in the state with 297
women and children while adults and adolescentsbeds. It is the first pediatric hospital to be
are entitled to psychiatric services. As a matterawarded the Magnet Nursing designation. It
of fact in 2005, it served 28% trauma patients.executes over 9,000 pediatric surgeries every
Health workers from The Keck School ofyear and serves 60,000 square-mile regions of
Medicine of USC staff it.San Joaquin Valley, Sierra Nevada Mountains and
Cedars Sinai is another large hospital with 1,004Central Coast. Five visionary nurses started it in
beds, employs 2000 plus physicians and 90001952.
employees. U.S. News & World ReportCommunity Hospital of Los Gatos is one of the
Ranking has awarded it the "Best of the Best"state’s largest hospital systems. It was
Honor Roll, in categories of: digestive disorders,founded in 1962 to meet the increasing health
endocrinology, geriatrics and many others.service demands of the community. It employs
In 1945, Sidney Garfield, M.D., and Henry J. Kaisermore than 900 employees and 600 physicians and
founded Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. It ishealth workers. It has 143 hospital beds divided
the nation’s largest nonprofit health plan,into the following departments or services:
catering to San Diego area. It has 446 hospitalwomen’s cancer center, rehabilitation
beds and 20 outpatient medical facilities. Itcenter, family birth place, physical performance
employs 6,500-person staff and 830 physicians.institute, joint care program, spine center, silicon
The founders remained faithful to their vision ofvalley urology hospital, and Parkinson’s and
providing convenient, affordable service dedicatedmobility disorders program.
to the health and well-being of people.Desert Valley Hospital is an 83 bed hospital
Palomar Pomerado Health or PPH locatedlocated in High Desert, California. It was founded in
Escondido, was named in 2006 as San1985 and continues to provide healthcare services
Diego’s best place to work by San Diegoto High Desert community.