Citrus Valley Medical Center

Details

Name :

Citrus Valley Medical Center

Address  :

1115 South Sunset Avenue

Town  :

West Covina

State  :

California

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

91790

Phone  :

626 962 4011

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Pathology Lab
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Urology
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 325


Description

Founded in 1962 by the Immaculate Heart Community the 325bed Citrus Valley Medical Center Queen of the Valley Campus in West Covina is a fully accredited nonprofit Catholic health care facility

Key Services

Family Birth amp Newborn Center More deliveries are made at this campus than
any health care facility in the East San Gabriel Valley More than 15000
babies have been cared for in the Level IIIB Newborn Intensive Care Unit
since the NICU opened in 1972

40bed Perinatal Unit

40bed NICU

18bed Pediatrics Unit

The Geleris Family Cancer Center Offering complete education diagnosis
treatment and support services Patients are kept apprised of ongoing
clinical cancer trials and may participate when eligible

Queens Mammography Center Providing lowcost mammography screening and
breast health education

Cardiac services

12bed Intensive Care Unit

6bed Cardiac Care Unit

67bed Definitive Observation Unit

130bed MedicalSurgical Unit

Stateoftheart MRI CAT scan and lithotripsy services

Citrus Valley Centers for Rehabilitation Services Offering speech
occupational and physical therapy services for children and adults

12bed Rehabilitation Unit

Emergency Department

Robotic surgery program featuring the da Vinci SI Surgical System


History

In the late 1950s the Immaculate Heart of Mary an order of Catholic nuns sent Sister Columba to West Covina with an old Buick and 25 to build a community hospital

The sisters used all the property they owned as collateral to purchase land for the hospital This included their high school college library and even the Mother House in Los Angeles

In 1962 they opened Queen of the Valley Hospital with the support of local business leaders and the Queen of the Valley Auxiliary
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