Ridgecrest Regional Hospital

Description

ABOUT THE HOSPITAL
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital RRH offers a variety of services for your healthcare needs provided by friendly professional caregivers Our hospital is a full service acute care hospital and is certified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations the State Department of Health Services and the California Medical Association We are licensed to operate by the State of California RRH is a nonprofit community organization governed by a Board of Directors

The hospital is fully staffed and licensed for 80 General Acute Care beds 8 Perinatal 8 Intensive Care 4 Pediatric and 60 unspecified

RRH is a smokefree public health facility with rooms that are designed for your comfort Our hospital provides family centered care and visiting hours are flexible to meet patient and family needs Our patients and staff members are afforded a safe environment with 24hour security coverage

MISSION STATEMENT
To be a communitybased organization that provides and promotes comprehensive quality healthcare for the people of the Southern Sierra Region

VISION STATEMENT
To be a leader with other healthcare providers in offering the highest quality patientcentered affordable healthcare and wellness services to the people of our service area To promote the economic health and development of the Southern Sierra Region

OUR VALUES
Excellence We continually strive to provide the highest quality services at
the lowest possible cost with the best utilization of our resources

Integrity We act honestly and ethically in all relationships

Diversity We value and respect the uniqueness and dignity of all
individuals

Service We responsibly anticipate the needs of our community and
cooperatively work with our medical staff and community entities to provide
a seamless continuum of care

Compassion We respond through a caring environment to the holistic needs of
those we serve

History

In 1932 with his sights set on making a future in Reno Dr Thomas A Drummond stopped en route for gas in the then thriving mining town of Red Mountain While delayed to patch up the participants of a barroom brawl he decided to stay After a fire destroyed Red Mountain Hospital he moved to Ridgecrest where the Naval Ordnance Test Station had recently gotten underway He built a hospital in 1945 later adding an annex and a clinic

Ridgecrest Hospital in 1945 Notice the plane in the left hand side of the picture Dr Drummond had his own plane and his runway was located in the current Heritage housing development

In 1962 Dr Drummond gave the hospital to the community for one dollar Up to that point RCH was a proprietary hospital which meant that Dr Drummond and 56 other doctors owned it

Ridgecrest Community Hospital in 1973