Kaiser moves patients to new state-of-the-art facility
Ambulances line up as paramedics transport 78 patients from the Bellflower Medical Center to Kaiser Permanente’s $390 million, 352-bed Downey Medical Center. Kaiser Permanente opened its new state-of-the art hospital and will largely replace its Bellflower hospital. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Medical professionals arrive at Kaiser Permanente’s $390 million, 352-bed Downey Medical Center. The six-story facility meets stringent state seismic requirements, which will allow the hospitlal to continue providing services in the event of an earthquake. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Rudy and Rosemary Olivarez, of Los Angeles, bond with their newborn, Mia Luna Olivarez, the Downey Medical Center’s first born, who arrived at 8:07 a.m. weighing 8 pounds 7ounces, and measuring 20 inches. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Rudy and Rosemary Olivarez of Los Angeles bond with their newborn, Mia Luna Olivarez, in a spacious private room in Downey Medical Center. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Ambulances line up as paramedics transport Jonathan Gonzales, a twin newborn, in an isolette to the neonatal intensive care unit at Kaiser Permanente’s $390 million, 352-bed Downey Medical Center. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
An interior view of the Downey Medical Center. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
