John Muir Health is a health care service located in Contra Costa County, California. It was created in 1997 from the merger of John Muir Medical Center and Mt. Diablo Medical Center Official website: http://www. ...

John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek Campus

The hospital was conceived in the early 1950s by a group of physicians who wished to bring quality health care to Contra Costa County. In 1959, the board of directors of this new hospital bought some land overlooking the Ygnacio Valley in Walnut Creek, California. On June 16, 1965 the hospital finally opened. It began with 150 beds and could care for 75 patients per day. Today the hospital is a 321 bed full service facility that specializes in many services such as cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedics, oncology, and obstetrics. It is also the only trauma center serving Contra Costa County. Ygnacio Valley High School is a public secondary school located in Concord, California. ... Walnut Creek is a suburb of San Francisco and Oakland located in Contra Costa County, California, USA, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The circulatory system or cardiovascular system is the organ system which circulates blood around the body of most animals. ... Drawing of the cells in the chicken cerebellum by S. Ramón y Cajal Neuroscience is a field that is devoted to the scientific study of the nervous system. ... Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (BE: orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with acute, chronic, traumatic and recurrent injuries and other disorders of the locomotor system, its musclular and bone parts. ... Oncology is the branch of medicine that studies tumors (cancer) and seeks to understand their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. ... Obstetrics (from the Latin obstare, to stand by) is the surgical specialty dealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (the period shortly after birth). ... A trauma center is a hospital equipped to perform as a casualty receiving station for the emergency medical services by providing the best possible medical care for traumatic injuries 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. ...

John Muir Medical Center, Concord Campus

In 1930, Concord Hospital was opened by Edna Haywood in Concord, California. The hospital was the first in the area and got off to a slow start. But six years later the hospital had outgrown its building and a new two-story building was added. It contained Concord's first elevator, as well as a surgery room and a birthing room. In 1941 it was admitted to the American Medical Association. Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Where Families Come First Location of Concord in California. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest association of medical doctors in the United States. ...

Merger

In 1997, John Muir Medical Center and Mt. Diablo Medical Center merged to become John Muir Health. In 2005, the hospitals changed their names to their current titles. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• John Muir Health's Homepage