A survey gives City of Hope in Duarte and Huntington Hospital in Pasadena the highest rank in patient care. Methodist Hospital of Souther California in Arcadia received average to above-average ratings.
Methodist Hospital's 14th annual Crystal Ball at Santa Anita Park raised about $90,000 to buy state-of-the-art CT scanning equipment and funding for equipment needs in the new maternal child health care center.
Methhodist Hospital of Southern California has been named a "Distinguished Hospital" by two firms that rate medical facilities on the quality of patient care.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital is celebrating its 100th year in 2003. This article traces its history back to 1903 when the hospital started in downtown Los Angeles.
Gastric bypass surgery patients who had the surgery at Methodist Hospital held a patients' reunion. Frank DeMarco, his wife and daughter were enthusiastic about the operation.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital implements the insertion of a stent or tubular scaffold, into an artery to compress and clear blockages for those with Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD).
Arcadia Methodist Hospital unveiled Chinese and English print ads to encourage people of Chinese descent to get screened for colon cancer. The year-long campaign featuring Chinese colon cancer survivors was developed by the American Cancer Society and four Asian-American owned advertising agencies.
A new Active Health fitness center has opened at Methodist Hospital to fill the gap between insurance-approved rehabilitation and unsupervised workouts at local gyms.
Arcadia officials approve expansion and seismic retrofitting plans for Arcadia Methodist Hospital. Expansion plans include a new five-story patient tower, a new ambulance bay, a larger emergency room and a larger critical care unit.
The Western Jubilee Crystal Ball of the Methodist Hospital Foundation was held on Oct. 5 at the Autry Museum. Mickey Segal, Chair of the hospital foundation, presented the Berger Award in philanthropy to the Forest Lawn Foundation. Approximately $130,000 was raised to benefit the new Maternal Child Health Center at the hospital.
A young woman dropped off a baby boy at Arcadia Methodist Hospital, exercising her right to surrrender the newborn without fear of prosecution under the Safe Haven law.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital celebrates its centennial next year. It was founded in 1903 with five beds in a 2-story house in downtown Los Angeles. In 1957, it relocated to Arcadia.