John Muir Health

John Muir Health is a health care service located in Contra Costa County, California. It was created in 1997 from the merger of John Muir Medical Center and Mt. Diablo Medical Center

John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek Campus

The hospital was conceived in the early 1950s by a group of physicians who wished to bring quality health care to Contra Costa County. In 1959, the board of directors of this new hospital bought some land overlooking the Ygnacio Valley in Walnut Creek, California. On June 16 1965 the hospital finally opened. It began with 150 beds and could care for 75 patients per day. Today the hospital is a 321 bed full service facility that specializes in many services such as cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedics, oncology, and obstetrics. It is also the only trauma center serving Contra Costa County.

John Muir Medical Center, Concord Campus

In 1930, Concord Hospital was opened by Edna Haywood in Concord, California. The hospital was the first in the area and got off to a slow start. But six years later the hospital had outgrown its building and a new two-story building was added. It contained Concord's first elevator, as well as a surgery room and a birthing room. In 1941 it was admitted to the American Medical Association.

Merger

In 1997, John Muir Medical Center and Mt. Diablo Medical Center merged to become John Muir Health. In 2005, the hospitals changed their names to their current titles.

External links

* [http://www.johnmuirhealth.com John Muir Health's Homepage]

ee also

*List of hospitals in California