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Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital
Planning Today for a Healthier Tomorrow
s a medical facility with strong roots in the
Acommunity, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial
Hospital has been an important part of the Santa
Clarita Valley for more than 30 years.
Since opening its
doors in 1975, our staff
and physicians have
been committed to
providing the Santa
Clarita Valley with the
highest quality care
and service. Henry
Mayo is proud to call
Santa Clarita its home,
and stands ready
to meet they city's
current and future
healthcare needs.
Henry Mayo is a 217-bed not-for-profit hospital that
offers a wide spectrum of healthcare and trauma
services. Our hospital is honored to serve what we
believe is the best community in California: one
that is safe, clean, family-focused and a great place
to live and work.
To better understand Henry Mayo's unique
role in the city and the Santa Clarita Valley as a
whole, one needs to appreciate the rich history
and circumstances that led to the creation of this
hospital.
It all started in 1967, which was twenty years
before the City of Santa Clarita was incorporated.
At that time, community and business leaders
acknowledged the importance of making
healthcare services readily available. They also
understood the need for a modern hospital that
was capable of meeting the community's growing
demand for medical services.
Until the 1960s, the Santa Clarita Valley's healthcare
needs were met by a few small hospitals. As
the area grew, however, the need and vision for
a larger, more comprehensive hospital gained
support among community and business leaders.
Newhall Land & Farming Co., which developed
the master-planned community of Valencia, in
1965 donated 25 acres of land for a hospital to be
built in the center of t9wn. Following extensive
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planning and fundraising success, grqund was
broken in September 1972 for the construction of
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Building
was completed in 1975, and the hospital opened for
business in August of that year.
Today, Henry Mayo is a not-for-profit community
hospital governed by a dedicated local board
of directors that serves voluntarily without
compensation. The hospital offers a wide range
of health services to a growing population spread
across the Santa Clarita Valley, including the City of
Santa Clarita.
As the Santa Clarita Valley has matured, so has
the vision of Henry Mayo, as we have taken steps
to meet the increasing healthcare demands of our
community.
In 2006, for instance, we doubled the size of our
Emergency Department. Our ER is now designed
to handle up to 60,000 visits for treatment per
year. We also continue to add new information
technologies and imaging equipment, as well as
cardiac catherization services.
Keeping the community's safety needs at heart,
Henry Mayo is one of a few hospitals in California
to meet all state-mandated seismic retrofitting
standards enacted into law following the 1994
N orthridge Earthquake. We have invested millions
of dollars to strengthen our buildings that are now
better equipped to
withstand major
earthquakes.
This was
done because
following the
1994 N orthridge
Earthquake,
we experienced
first-hand the
importance
of having a
functioning
hospital to meet
the community's
emergency
healthcare needs
following a major
disaster.