Palomar Medical Center Poway is a

hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...

Poway, California Poway () is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. The unincorporated community became a city on December 1, 1980. Poway's rural roots influenced its motto "The City in the Country". The city has a population of 49,701 as of 2 ...

, operated by

Palomar Health Palomar Health is a California health care district in San Diego County. It operates Palomar Medical Center in Escondido (opened 2012), Pomerado Hospital in Poway, and many other locations. Covering , Palomar Health is California's largest hea ...

. It opened in 1977.

Name

The hospital takes its name, like other entities in the area, from a

portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsPalomar Medical Center Palomar Medical Center Escondido is a hospital located in Escondido, California. It is operated by the Palomar Health District (formerly known as Palomar Pomerado Health), which also operates Palomar Medical Center Poway in nearby Poway. Palomar M ...

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Pomerado HospitalPalomar Pomerado HealthThis hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas
A project by OSHPD Hospitals in San Diego County, California Poway, California Hospital buildings completed in 1977 {{California-hospital-stub