Palomar Medical Center
Kaiser workers in San Diego County join nationwide strike
REGION — An estimated 75,000 Kaiser Permanente employees nationwide initiated a three-day strike on Wednesday, including several thousand employees in the San Diego region, in...
Vista Community Clinic to send expectant mothers to Palomar Medical
ESCONDIDO — North County’s largest community clinic will soon begin referring its expectant mothers to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, instead of Tri-City Medical Center...
Palomar federal field hospital activated, now has 10 patients
ESCONDIDO – A 202-bed federal field hospital inside of Palomar Medical Center in Escondido that was activated last week to support overwhelmed hospitals now has...
Palomar Health sees dramatic surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations
ESCONDIDO – Palomar Health is one of the hundreds of health systems across California that are seeing a spike in hospitalizations due to a rising...
Palomar Medical Center named top 100 in four specialties
ESCONDIDO — Palomar Medical Center in Escondido was recently named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery, Joint Replacement, Spine Surgery and Stroke...
Palomar Medical Center opens mental health crisis stabilization unit
ESCONDIDO – Palomar Medical Center in Escondido announced the opening of its new mental health crisis stabilization unit (CSU), the first of its kind in...
Palomar field hospital ready for potential coronavirus surge
ESCONDIDO – A 202-bed field hospital has been installed and is ready for use at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, but will be activated only...
County says field hospital still set for Palomar Medical despite recent layoffs
ESCONDIDO – Health care professionals held protests in Poway after more than 200 health care workers were temporarily laid off last week. But despite the...
Federal field hospital planned for Palomar Medical Center
ESCONDIDO — A 250-bed federal field hospital is planned for Palomar Medical Center, San Diego County health officials announced Sunday. The “hospital within a hospital”...
Vista firefighter recovering from brain injury
Local firefighter Jimmy Williams remains in critical, but stable, condition after suffering a workplace accident on April 14 at the Vista Fire Department....