University health system says it needs to ease crowding at its two campuses in La Jolla and Hillcrest
Beset by crowded conditions at its two existing hospitals in La Jolla and Hillcrest, UC San Diego Health added a third medical campus late last week, purchasing Alvarado Hospital Medical Center in La Mesa from Prime Healthcare for $200 million. The 302-bed facility's nearly 800 employees learned of the news in a companywide announcement early Monday evening.
'The idea is that we can decant there, and some of these people can get care closer to home and from a combination of community providers and our faculty as well,' Maysent said. It would be the same idea, she added, if Tri-City's board ultimately selected UCSD as its operating partner, though that process is known to involve more than one suitor, so nothing is certain at the moment. Dr.
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