Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 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 ...
in the
Mission Hills district of
Los Angeles
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,
California
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,
US. The hospital has 377 beds, and is part of
Providence Health & Services
Providence Health & Services (since 2016: Providence St. Joseph Health) is a not-for-profit, Catholic health care system operating multiple hospitals across seven states, with headquarters in Renton, Washington. The health system includes 51 ho ...
.
History
Holy Cross Medical Center was founded in 1961 by the
Sisters of the Holy Cross
The Sisters of the Holy Cross (CSC) are one of three Catholic congregations of religious sisters which trace their origins to the foundation of the Congregation of Holy Cross by the Blessed Basil Anthony Moreau, CSC, at Le Mans, France in 1837. ...
from
Notre Dame, Indiana
Notre Dame is a census-designated place and unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend in St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It includes the campuses of three colleges: the University of Notre Dame, Saint Mary's Coll ...
. On May 1, 1996, the
Sisters of Providence assumed sponsorship of the hospital, adding ''Providence'' to the name. On November 14, 2019, two victims of the
Saugus High School shooting
On November 14, 2019, at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, United States, a school shooting occurred when a student with a pistol, identified as 16-year-old Nathaniel Berhow, shot five schoolmates, killing two, before killing him ...
were transported to the hospital.
Services
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center has operated a
trauma center
A trauma center (or trauma centre) is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major trauma, major traumatic injuries such as Falling (accident), falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. A trauma cent ...
since 1984. The hospital also operates Providence Holy Cross Health Center in
Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...
and Providence Holy Cross Health Center in
Porter Ranch
Porter Ranch is a suburban neighborhood in the northwest San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California.
History
New home construction that was completed in the Porter Ranch area in the 1990s–2000s, including the Renaissan ...
.
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Hospitals in Los Angeles
Hospitals in the San Fernando Valley
Mission Hills, Los Angeles
Holy Cross
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Hospital buildings completed in 1961
Hospitals established in 1961
1961 establishments in California
Trauma centers