Community Hospital Of Long Beach history

By the time the 1933 earthquake hit, Long Beach was able to take care of the dozens of injured at its four hospitals: Seaside, Community, St Mary’s and Harriman Jones Clinic and Hospital.

Fillmore Condit died in Long Beach in 1939 and was buried in Caldwell, New Jersey

In 1954, a group of osteopaths opened Pacific Hospital adjacent to the Long Beach Public Health Department.

A $6.5 million bond issue passed and helped fund the building of Memorial Hospital of Long Beach in 1960.

Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach opened in 1970, with many innovative patient and family centered care features, such as patient rooms to accommodate a parent’s overnight stay.

It publishes 206 issues and has 10,214 readers in 1,725 hospitals and 13 western states before HASC sells it for $1 to the Association of Western Hospitals in 1975.

HASC plays an important role in the highly successful 1984 Olympics by organizing an emergency health care and first-aid system for athletes and spectators.

After the attacks of September 11, 2001, federal and state agencies provide for increased funding to prepare for bioterrorism or mass casualty events.

In 2003, women’s health care became part of Miller Children’s & Women's Hospital Long Beach when it brought women’s services (maternity care) under its license.

In order to meet the growing needs of the community, Miller Children’s opened an outpatient satellite center in Torrance in 2009.

In 2010, another location opened in Fountain Valley.

In 2016, Miller Children’s NICU opened the 36-bed Small Baby Center – the largest in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

The East Pod will be the last to open and is set to be ready in Summer 2017.