St. Mary Medical Center (SMMC) is a
hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...
in
Long Beach,
California,
US. It is currently operated by
Dignity Health. SMMC has all private acute care rooms for patients.
Services
In December 1983, the emergency department at SMMC was designated as a
level I trauma center for adults. This was changed to
level II in 1992. SMMC has partnered with
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a public research university in Long Beach, California. The 322-acre campus is the second largest of the 23-school California State University system (CSU) and one of the largest universities i ...
to provide the only mental health trauma recovery center in
Southern California. The hospital also has a heart center, orthopedic institute, cancer center and pediatrics and maternity services.
History
In 1923, the
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word answered the call from Rev. J.M. Hegarty, pastor at St. Anthony's, to care for the sick and poor in Long Beach, by purchasing what is now St. Mary Medical Center from Dr. T.O. Boyd.
The building was damaged so significantly in the
1933 Long Beach earthquake
The 1933 Long Beach earthquake took place on March 10 at south of downtown Los Angeles. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach, California, on the Newport–Inglewood Fault. The earthquake had a magnitude estimated at 6.4 , and a m ...
that the entire building had to be razed and a new, 100-bed facility built on the site. The new hospital opened in 1937 and was financed by a
Public Works Administration
The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Recove ...
loan. It was designed by architect I.E. Loveless in the
Art Deco style.
Catholic Healthcare West (now
Dignity Health) acquired St. Mary Medical Center from the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in 1996.
See also
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Community Medical Center Long Beach
Community Hospital Long Beach is an acute care hospital in Long Beach, California. After closing on July 3, 2018, it reopened on Monday, January 4, 2021 under a new operator Molina Wu Network LLC.
History
Community Hospital of Long Beach was fou ...
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Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
References
External links
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This hospital in the CA Healthcare AtlasA project by OSHPD
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Buildings and structures in Long Beach, California
Catholic hospitals in North America
Hospitals established in 1923
Hospitals in Los Angeles County, California
1923 establishments in California