Scripps Mercy Hospital

Scripps Mercy Hospital
Scripps Health
Geography
Location	San Diego, California, United States
Organization
Care system	Private
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of California, San Diego[1]
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	700
History
Founded	1890 [2]
Links
Website	http://www.scripps.org/mercy
Lists	Hospitals in California

Scripps Mercy Hospital is a private Catholic hospital located in San Diego, California. Founded in 1890, it is the oldest hospital in San Diego County and has campuses in Chula Vista and Hillcrest. The hospital has 700 acute-care-licensed beds and employs 1,300 physicians. The Hillcrest campus is home to one of only two regional Level I Trauma Centers and receives more than 2,100 trauma patients each year.^[3]

History

In 1890, the Sisters of Mercy opened a five-bed dispensary called St. Joseph's in Downtown San Diego. The dispensary was replaced by a three-story hospital in Hillcrest called St. Joseph's Sanitarium in 1891, which was renamed to St. Joseph's Hospital in 1904. The current hospital building, also in Hillcrest, was built in 1925 and named Mercy Hospital.^[4] A second hospital, Bay General Hospital, was established in Chula Vista. In 1986, Bay General joined the Scripps Health system, as did Mercy Hospital in 1995 (which then became Scripps Mercy Hospital). In 2004, the two hospitals were combined at the Hillcrest campus.^[5]

Gallery

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  The trauma room at Scripps Mercy.
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  View from the roof.

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