After nearly three years of construction, the new Kaiser Permanente San Marcos Medical Center opened to patients. The seven-story 433,000 square-foot hospital will provide care to more than 636,000 Kaiser Permanente members in San Diego County.
Located in the heart of San Marcos, the new North County hospital will complement Kaiser Permanente’s existing hospitals in Grantville and Kearny Mesa.
“We are extremely excited by the opening of the new Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Marcos,” stated Mayor Rebecca Jones. “This further reinforces our city’s place as an emerging healthcare hub in North County.”
The new hospital features a 24-hour emergency department with 39 private treatment areas, capacity for 206 single interactive patient rooms, and several new state-of-the art technologies to support the highest quality care and an enhanced patient experience. Specialty services will include an intensive care unit, maternal child health services, emergency department, interventional radiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, orthopedics, a robotic surgeries program and neonatal intensive care unit.
“Every design and planning decision we have made since breaking ground on this medical center has been guided by providing an unparalleled patient care experience,” said Jane Finley, senior vice president and area manager for Kaiser Permanente San Diego. “Every patient will benefit from cutting-edge medical technologies, our integrated, model of expert care and most importantly, personal service.”
Designed for cleaner, greener energy, the new hospital uses cutting-edge technologies to produce its own electricity, heat, and cooling, create less greenhouse gases and save water. These innovations have earned the San Marcos Medical Center certification as a LEED Platinum health care facility. The San Marcos Medical Center also offers several areas specifically designed for respite, including landscaped walking paths in the healing garden and a meditation room.
