Central Valley General Hosp

Description

Central Valley General Hospital enjoys a long rich history of caring for Hanford with personal attention and expert care

The hospital owes its beginnings to Portuguese Dominican nuns who had the Sacred Heart Hospital built in 1915 with 20 beds and expanded it in 1959 Adventist Health purchased the 49bed hospital which by then was called Central Valley General Hospital in 1998

The second and top floor of the threestory hospital features Womens Services with comfortable homestyle rooms for labor and delivery The unit also provides a neonatal intensive care unit staffed by Childrens Hospital Central California for added care

The hospital also offers radiology laboratory and dining services on its main floor

Another major service at Central Valley General Hospital is Community Care which offers a clinic on the Garden Level as well as a clinic on the First Floor that is open 8 am to midnight seven days a week The clinic network also has three other services on the campus a dental clinic Healthy Beginnings prenatal care Specialty and Hanford Family Practice Residency program

Central Valley General Hospital is part of Adventist Health a faithbased notforprofit integrated health care delivery system with nearly 20000 employees serving communities in California Hawaii Oregon and Washington

Our Mission
To share Gods love by providing physical mental and spiritual healing

Our Vision
Our vision is to be a regional health care network that is recognized as the best place to receive care the best place to practice medicine and the best place to work

Our Values
At Adventist HealthCentral Valley Network we value

Compassion The compassionate healing ministry of Jesus

Respect Human dignity and individuality

Integrity Absolute integrity in all relationships and dealings

Quality Excellence in clinical and service quality

Stewardship Responsible resource management in serving our communities

Wholeness The health care heritage of the Seventhday Adventist Church

Family Each other as members of a caring family

History

Our History
Adventist Health made its start in the central San Joaquin Valley with the construction of Hanford Community Medical Center in Hanford in 1965

The hospital expanded over the years to accommodate the growing communitys needs adding thousands of square feet and building the threestory Kerr Outpatient Center

In 1998 Adventist Healths growth in the Valley surged with the purchase of Central Valley General Hospital formerly called Sacred Heart Hospital in Hanford A year later Adventist Health purchased Selma Community Hospital about 15 miles north of Hanford

Central Valley General Hospital and Selma Community Hospital also began opening rural health clinics to improve rural patients access to health care in the region

In 2005 the hospital licenses of Hanford Community and Selma Community were combined and Central Valley General Hospital took over the Selma Community clinics to consolidate operations among the three hospitals in an effort to improve access quality and strength

Hanford Community and many departments at Central Valley General Hospital moved into the new Adventist Medical Center Hanford on December 5 2010 Central Valley General Hospital now houses obstetrics and birthing services and Hanford emergency services are consolidated at Adventist Medical Center Hanford

The name of Selma Community Hospital was changed in 2011 to Adventist Medical Center Selma to reflect the shared license with Adventist Medical Center Hanford the unity of Adventist Health services throughout the Valley and the hospitals emerging role as a regional health care resource

The Central Valley Network now offers 18 Community Care clinic sites in Kings County southern Fresno County and northern Tulare County as well as physical therapy centers a Sleep Apnea Center and many other services in the 2500squaremile region