St. Jude Medical Center

Not to be confused with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
St. Jude Medical Center
St. Joseph Health System
Geography
Location Fullerton, California, United States
Organization
Care system Private
Funding Non-profit
Hospital type Community
Network St. Joseph Hoag Health Alliance
Services
Beds 351[1]
History
Founded 1957
Links
Website www.stjudemedicalcenter.org
Lists Hospitals in California

St. Jude Medical Center is a 351-bed,[1] non-profit Catholic community hospital located in the Sunny Hills area of Fullerton, California. It is a member of the non-profit St. Joseph Health System, a ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, and serves patients from throughout north Orange County.

St. Jude's identifies breast care, cancer, cardiac, maternity, orthopedics, rehabilitation and neurosciences/stroke as its areas of specialty.[2] In fiscal year 2015, it handled 15,523 admissions (including newborns), and had 670 physicians and 2,280 employees on staff.

Campus

In addition to the main hospital near the corner of Harbor Boulevard and Bastanchury Road, St. Jude has nine affiliated facilities in the neighborhood:

A $125 million new wing to the hospital was opened in 2009. It was called the Southwest Patient Tower and includes Emergency, Cardiac and Vascular Catheterization, Critical Care, and Maternity services. This expansion is the second part of a four-phase redevelopment of the entire St. Jude complex, which began with the construction of a new wing across Harbor Boulevard (connected by a footbridge) housing the Crosson Cancer Center, and is to be completed by 2030.[3]

History

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet began operating their first hospital in Eureka, California in 1919 as a response to the Spanish Flu epidemic. The Order moved its mother house to Orange County in 1922.[4] Their Fullerton General Hospital, a historic facility designed by Frederick Eley,[5] did not meet postwar standards for operation, and a campaign ensued in the 1950s to build a new hospital for north Orange County. On November 24, 1953, the hilltop property on which St. Jude Hospital was later built was blessed and dedicated. A businessman, Miles Sharkey, donated the land with the stipulation that it is used to build a hospital. Of the 17 acres (6.9 ha) acquired by the Sisters, the first 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) was deeded to them for $10.[6] St. Jude's Hospital was publicly dedicated on May 11, 1957, with 2000 spectators in attendance as well as dignitaries including Congressman James B. Utt and Cardinal James McIntyre, Archbishop of Los Angeles.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us", St. Jude Medical Center website (St. Joseph Health), retrieved February 11, 2016
  2. ↑ "Facts and Statistics", St. Jude Medical Center website (St. Joseph Health), retrieved February 11, 2016
  3. ↑ City of Fullerton Community Development. "St Jude Medical Center Replacement Plan". Retrieved 2008-11-28.
  4. ↑ "Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange: Our History". Retrieved 2008-11-28.
  5. ↑ Kathryn Morris, Debora Richey, Cathy Thomas (2007). Fullerton. Arcadia Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7385-4788-6.
  6. ↑ "Historical Timeline", St. Jude Medical Center website (St. Joseph Health), retrieved February 11, 2016
  7. ↑ Historical newspaper article montage, for the 50th anniversary of St. Jude Medical Center (PDF)

External links

Coordinates: 33°53′41″N 117°55′38″W / 33.89472°N 117.92722°W / 33.89472; -117.92722

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