Imperial County’s largest hospital is in turmoil. Prompted by what officials called “financial challenges,” the El Centro Regional Medical Center has seen most of its governing board and CEO ...

UC San Diego Health will soon take over day-to-day operations for Imperial County’s largest hospital. El Centro Regional Medical Center has suffered a string of financial setbacks and staffing ...

El Centro Regional Medical Center delivered the last baby at its 67-year-old maternity ward in early January. Then it closed its obstetrics department, leaving just one other hospital to deliver ...

In a significant initiative, the State of California has encouraged district municipal public hospitals to enhance health ...

Last week, a patient was being transferred from the hospital in El Centro every two to three hours, compared to 17 in an entire month before the Covid-19 pandemic, Ms. Cruz said on a recent ...

At a Jan. 24 county roundtable meeting, Tomás Oliva — chair of the hospital’s board of trustees and a councilmember for the city of El Centro — shared a plan to alleviate financial ...