US-based non-profit integrated healthcare delivery system Scripps Health is set to construct a new medical centre campus in San Marcos, California.
The Scripps San Marcos Medical Center will be developed in phases, starting with a comprehensive ambulatory care facility.
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This initial phase will include multi-speciality and primary care physician offices, cancer care, ambulatory surgery, laboratory services, complex imaging and other healthcare services.
The second phase of the project will see the construction of a 200-bed to 250-bed acute care hospital. It is planned to provide a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services.
Scripps Health will collaborate with the City of San Marcos and the State of California, which oversees acute hospital construction, on the planning and development of the hospital.
It originally purchased approximately 80 acres in San Marcos in 1990 with the intent of developing a medical centre campus.
In the early 2000s, the organisation worked with H G Fenton and the City of San Marcos on land use planning, retaining 13 acres for the Scripps San Marcos Medical Center campus.
Over the past four years, Scripps Health has developed a master plan for the site and conducted essential studies to secure board approval.
Last week, the Scripps Health Board of Trustees granted approval for the facility plans for North San Diego County.
Preparatory work on the site has already been completed, including grading, road construction, and installation of underground utility stubs.
Scripps Health will now begin working with the City of San Marcos on the development and construction of the ambulatory care facility.
Scripps Health president and CEO Chris Van Gorder said: “We acquired the San Marcos property 35 years ago but it wasn’t the right time to build. Our patient population in the area has since grown to the point that it made sense for us to move forward.
“Scripps provides care to many residents of the San Marcos region today and this campus will expand access and make care more convenient for these patients and their families.”
In June 2023, Scripps Health started construction on the $263m Lusardi Tower and Lusardi Pulmonary Institute.
