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San Antonio Regional Hospital says it will open new maternity unit and a Center of Aging serving the Inland Empire
Summary
San Antonio Regional Hospital presented plans for a new maternity unit with private labor/recovery rooms and a 14-bed NICU, a Center of Aging in Rancho Cucamonga and new Urgent Care Plus locations offering mental-health urgent care and community screenings.
Heather Gray, chief marketing and communications officer for San Antonio Regional Hospital, told the City Council the hospital plans to open a new maternity unit and a Center of Aging to expand services in the San Bernardino County area.
Gray said the maternity project will include eight private labor/delivery/recovery rooms, 20 private postpartum rooms, two cesarean surgical suites and a 14-bed level NICU with private rooms. She said the hospital will staff 24/7 laborist OBGYN coverage, provide dedicated social workers and offer a family center for perinatal follow-up and classes.
She also described a new Center of Aging in Rancho Cucamonga (the former Mercury Insurance building on Foothill Boulevard) that will consolidate geriatric services ' primary care, optometry, x-rays, lab services, physical therapy and social support ' into a single location and said San Antonio will provide transportation to appointments within a 10-mile radius where needed.
Gray noted the hospital recently opened an "Urgent Care Plus" concept offering urgent care services combined with on-site mental-health resources for acute but non-5150 mental-health needs and said the hospital plans additional Urgent Care Plus sites around the San Bernardino County area.
Council members thanked Gray and said they appreciated the hospital's investment in maternal health and youth-focused outreach programs. Gray invited council and residents to the regional state-of-the-region briefing next week at the Ontario Convention Center and left materials for residents and students interested in clinical-shadowing programs.
Mayor Warren and council members praised the hospital's community programs and raised a few clarifying questions about maternity closures elsewhere in the region; Gray responded that other hospitals have closed maternity units because those services typically operate at break-even or a loss while San Antonio is investing in a long-term patient relationship strategy.
The hospital presentation concluded after a short question-and-answer exchange with council.
