Santa Paula Hospital (SPH) is a
hospital in
Santa Paula, California
Santa Paula (Spanish for " St. Paula") is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. Situated amid the orchards of the Santa Clara River Valley, the city advertises itself to tourists as the "Citrus Capital of the World". Santa Pau ...
, United States. The hospital is a campus of the
Ventura County Medical Center. SPH has 145 full-time employees, 30 shared patient beds, and 19 private patient rooms.
Services
SPH has departments in radiology, surgery and intensive care. The hospital operates a 24/7 emergency room
History
Santa Paula Memorial Hospital was founded in 1961 and was built entirely with community donations.
Closure and Re-opening
On December 26, 2003, after years of financial trouble, Santa Paula Memorial Hospital filed
Chapter 11 bankruptcy and was forced to close. The
County of Ventura
Ventura County () is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 843,843. The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura.
Ventura County comprises the Oxna ...
purchased the hospital in September 2005 for $2.75 million. After spending $4.5 million on renovations and repairs, the hospital was reopened on July 13, 2006. The hospital has been performing well financially since then.
Three years after reopening, the hospital was noted to be successful.
References
External links
Official WebsiteThis hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas
A project by OSHPD
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Hospital buildings completed in 1961
Hospitals in Ventura County, California
Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2003
Santa Paula, California