Why does Stanford Hospital need to be rebuilt?
Like other acute care hospitals in California, Stanford Hospital must meet strict new seismic safety standards established by Senate Bill 1953 or risk loss of its license. In addition, the Hospital is undersized and no longer meets the needs of the community. Last year, because Stanford Hospital has not kept pace with the region’s growing healthcare needs, 500 adult patients had to seek care elsewhere and 950 visitors to the Emergency Department left before they could be seen. Stanford needs larger, more modern facilities to meet capacity, accommodate new medical technologies and adopt the new hospital standard of single-patient rooms.
