Santa Clara County has reached an agreement to purchase Regional Medical Center in San Jose, ending a nearly yearlong saga that began when HCA Healthcare announced plans to downgrade the hospital's trauma center. The county will take over operations on April 1, 2025, making it the fourth hospital in the Santa Clara Valley Healthcare System. The purchase aims to ensure stability and access to integrated care for the eastern part of the county.
Regional Medical Center in San Jose, Calif., is photographed, Friday, July 19, 2024, after it announced a plan to downgrade the hospital’s trauma center from a Level II to a Level III facility. SAN JOSE — Nearly five months after Santa Clara County revealed its plans to purchase Regional Medical Center in the wake of HCA Healthcare ’s decision to downgrade the trauma center — an agreement for the sale has been reached.
“In the long run, this is a real strategic move for the county,” County Executive James Williams told The Mercury News. “This is a huge win for the community. This is going to help ensure there is stability and access to integrated care for the entire eastern part of Santa Clara County, and that creates stability across the Santa Clara Valley Healthcare System.”
Williams said the county’s first priority is to restore Regional Medical Center’s Level II trauma center designation, which he expects they’ll be able to do on the day the sale closes and the county takes over. He expects they’ll be able to restore the cardiac arrest and stroke services soon after.
HEALTHCARE HOSPITAL TRAUMA CENTER COUNTY PURCHASE SANTA CLARA
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