Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital today includes over 250 general acute beds; over 45 specialty intensive care or postanesthesia care beds; 10 operating rooms; and a heavily used Emergency Room with a Chest Pain Center with emergency staff skilled in providing timely assessment of patients with cardiac conditions.  BMH is also home to a Birthing Center with a  full-service NICU; four Cardiac Catheterization labs; a full complement of diagnostic laboratory and imaging services; and outpatient surgery. 

The vision of the community leaders who first conceived of Memorial Hospital has been fulfilled and expanded—and the expansion isn't over yet!  Currently we are constructing a five-story tower that will significantly increase both the hospital's size and sophistication  The new West Tower will add 114 new beds to the facility.  Completion of the tower is expected by January 2009 and will significantly enhance the service capability of BMH.  When the expansion project is completed, we will offer expanded pediatric services, including a pediatric ICU, telemetry monitoring for all acute care beds, and a dedicated heart and stroke center as part of the emergency department.