Loma Linda University Medical Center

Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) is an academic hospital in California's Inland Empire region. Opened in 1905, it has a trauma center that admits over one million patients yearly, around 900 faculty physicians and over 1,000 beds.

Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda University Health
Geography
LocationLoma Linda, California, United States
Coordinates34°03′09″N 117°15′51″W
Organization
Care systemPrivate
TypeTeaching hospital
Affiliated universityLoma Linda University
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I Trauma Center
Beds1,077
HelipadFAA LID: 94CL
History
Opened1905 (1905)
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The main tower of the center was built in 1967 and is 18 stories high. Currently, the hospital is building two new hospital towers. It is one of the tallest buildings in the Inland Empire. Because of its height and white coloration, it is possible to view the main hospital building from various locations around the San Bernardino valley and mountains.

Loma Linda University Medical Center made international news on October 26, 1984, when Dr. Leonard L. Bailey transplanted a baboon heart into Baby Fae, an infant born with a severe heart defect known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Baby Fae died a few weeks later; however, this effort led to the successful infant heart transplant program, with transplantation of human-to-human infant transplants.[1] LLUMC is home to the Venom E.R., which specializes in snake bites. In 2014, LLUMC was ranked the 14th best hospital in California by the U.S. News & World Report.[2]

Children's hospital

Loma Linda University Children's Hospital is the sole children's hospital for almost 1.3 million of California's youth (San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo, and Mono Counties). The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21[3] throughout the region.

Surgical hospital
Loma Linda Medical Center before the seismic upgrade

In May 2008, it was announced that LLUMC had been in talks since December and had finalized a buyout of the 28-bed California Heart and Surgical Center located approximately two miles east of the main campus on the border of Loma Linda and Redlands, California.[4] This was a marked departure of their previous position of opposition to the facility when it was first proposed in 2005. The Heart and Surgical Center would have been a for-profit facility while the Loma Linda is a non-profit facility and it was feared by area hospitals, including Loma Linda, that the Heart and Surgical Center would take all the paying patients.[5] However, Loma Linda finalized the construction and furnishing of the center and in January 2009, they received state approval to open and begin operations as Loma Linda University Heart & Surgical Hospital.[6] The daVinci Robot that was operated at the Medical Center to perform minimally invasive robotic surgeries was moved to the Surgical Hospital. The hospital is now known as Loma Linda University Surgical Hospital, when heart operations were moved to the main medical center.

Seismic upgrade project

The main hospital building is currently undergoing a seismic upgrade project. It is being headed by Turner Construction Company of New York, NY. The project includes reinforcing the main building to bring it up to California state standards.[7]

See also

References
  1. Altman, Laurence K. (October 28, 1984), "Baboon's Heart Implanted in Infant on Coast", New York Times, retrieved 2008-01-18
  2. "Best Hospitals 2014-15". Best Hospitals in California. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. "About Us - Pediatric Diabetes Center | Loma Linda University Children's Health". lluch.org. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  4. "LLUMC announces plans to purchase California Heart and Surgical Hospital", Loma Linda University TODAY, 12 May 2008, retrieved 2008-09-08
  5. "Loma Linda University Medical Center buys hospital it tried to block", pe.com, 1 May 2008, retrieved 2008-09-08
  6. "Loma Linda University Heart and Surgical Hospital gets set to see patients", pe.com, 1 May 2008, retrieved 2009-02-03
  7. "Loma Linda University Medical Center Seismic Upgrade", www.turnerconstruction.com, archived from the original on 2009-10-11, retrieved 2008-09-08
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